Lee v. State

CARROLL, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Tinesha Lee of capital murder and the court sentenced her to imprisonment for life. 1 Lee appeals her conviction in six points of error, all relating to the trial court’s adverse rulings on three Batson challenges she raised before trial. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We will affirm the judgment of conviction.

BACKGROUND

At the conclusion of voir dire proceedings, the State exercised three of its peremptory strikes against venirepersons Stephen Jones, Angie Rojas, and Luiz Gaipo. All three were…