Legal Opinion
Anderson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 1, 1988No. 2-87-146-CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATTIMORE, Justice.
Appellant, Steve Owen Anderson, was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. 19.02 (Vernon 1974). The jury assessed punishment at twenty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.
Appellant brings four points of error alleging improper use of peremptory challenges and improper impeachment.
We reverse and remand.
By his first, second, and third points of error, appellant complains of three peremptory challenges made by the State of potential veniremen, all of whom were black, citing Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Woods v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Harris v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
- Moss v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1994
- Perry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
- McHenry v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
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