Brown v. State

BILL BASS, Justice.

A jury found Jimmy E. Brown guilty of the offense of delivery of a controlled substance and assessed his punishment at 45 years confinement. We will reverse and remand.

In his first point of error, Appellant maintains that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to find that the State used its strikes in a racially discriminatory manner when it struck panel member 18, Virgia Ford, and panel member 4, Joianessa Smith.

Appellant is African-American. Of the seven African-Americans on the panel, three were excused for cause, leaving panel members 4, 18, 22, and 33…