Black v. State

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

The appellant, George Black, was convicted of six counts of delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to 20-years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Fact summary

The appellant’s case was called for trial on July 9, 1991. After the jury had been selected, but before they had been sworn, the appellant objected to the racial makeup of the jury pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1981). In an in-camera hearing, the State explained its reasons for using peremptory challenges…