Legal Opinion
Sparks v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided June 13, 2001No. 05-99-02128-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By
Justice JAMES.
Appellant Byron David Sparks was convicted by a jury of injury to a child under the age of fourteen. Punishment was assessed by the trial court at twelve years imprisonment and a $1000 fine. Appellant brings nine points of error complaining the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction and the trial court erred in: (1) overruling his Batson challenge, (2) failing to require the prosecutor to produce her notes during the Bat-son hearing, (3) overruling appellant’s objection to the assigned judge, (4) refusing to allow appellant’s…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Enrique Arochi v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2018
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