Esteves v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MEYERS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery, enhanced by evidence of two prior convictions, with punishment being assessed by the jury at life in the penitentiary. The conviction was affirmed. Esteves v. State, 845 S.W.2d 291 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st], 1992). At issue are the State’s exercise of peremptory challenges towards three black members of the venire. 1 We will reverse.

It is now well accepted that the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the State from…