Cooper v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BERCHELMANN, Judge.

Appellant was charged with burglary of a building with intent to commit theft. After trial by jury, appellant was found guilty as indicted. The jury found “true” two enhancement allegations and assessed punishment at forty-five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.1

The Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction pursuant to the equal protection concerns articulated in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Cooper v. State, No. 01-88-00075-CR, 1988 WL 131823…