Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided April 1, 1999No. 14-97-00806-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WITTIG, Justice.
Appellant, Erskin Keith Harris, pled not guilty before a jury to two counts of aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon. See TEX. PEN. CODE ANN. § 22.021 (Vernon 1994). He was convicted on both, and the jury sentenced him to life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. In two points of error, appellant asserts the trial court erred in denying his Batson challenges and his request for a mistrial concerning an improper argument. We affirm.
Background
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