Charles Frankie Nieto v. State

Opinion issued December 16, 2010

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-09-00226-CR

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CHARLES NIETO, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 114th District Court

Smith County, Texas

Trial Court Case No. 4-95-95[1]

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Charles Nieto, appeals from a judgment convicting him of murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon 2003). In three issues, he contends the trial court erred by denying his Batson[2] challenge, by admitting evidence showing that he took the murder weapon to a bootlegger’s house on the night of…