Rijo v. State

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Upon his plea of guilty before a jury, appellant Carlos Rhadamez Rijo was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance, namely cocaine, of 200 grams or more but less than 400 grams. Art. 4476-15, §§ 4.02(a), (b)(3)(D), 4.03(a), (c), (d)(2) (Vernon Supp.1986). The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years confinement and a $10,000 fine.

By his single contention, 1 appellant, characterized as partially Spanish and partially Negroid with Negroid features, submits that the trial court erred in denying his motion to discharge the jury, asserting that the prosecutor…