Legal Opinion
Wamget v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 12, 2001No. 926-00PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment. On appeal he claimed the trial court abused its discretion in overruling a Bat-son challenge. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Wamget v. State, No. 14-96-01188-CR slip op., 1999 WL 672327 (Tex. App. —Houston [14th Dist.] Aug.31, 1999)(not published). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that race may be a factor coexisting with a non-racial reason as long as race is not the only reason for the strike.1 We begin by addressing the…
3Cases cited26 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Runyon v. McCrarySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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4Cited by27 opinions
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
- Hassan, AdbihakimCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
- Giddens v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Frazier v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
- Gibson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
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