Legal Opinion
Grant v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 17, 2010No. PD-1059-09PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J.
The appellant, Derrick Dwayne Grant, pled guilty to burglary of a habitation with a deadly weapon. After a jury trial on punishment, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison. The Tenth Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, holding that the trial court erred in denying the appellant’s Batson 1 challenge to the State’s exercise of peremptory strikes. The Court found that the State’s explanation for striking venire member J. Franklin was a pretext for racial discrimination because “there was no meaningful examination of Franklin regarding the reason the State used to strike him.”
We granted the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Miller-El v. DretkeSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Snyder v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Anthony Mark Garcia v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2015
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