York v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

A jury assessed appellant’s punishment at 65 years imprisonment after convicting him of aggravated robbery.

In points of error two through seven, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in accepting as racially neutral the prosecutor’s explanations of his peremptory challenges during jury selection of panelists number five, 11, 20, 27, 29, and 30, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Under Batson, once the defendant makes a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination in the selection of the jury, the burden shifts…