Sims v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Gwin Paul Sims appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine, less than twenty-eight grams, with intent to deliver. The jury assessed punishment at seven years’ confinement.

On appeal, Sims contends that the trial court should have called a new array of jurors after it found that the State did not have race-neutral reasons for striking a black person from the jury panel; the court erred in finding that other black persons were excluded from the panel for race-neutral reasons; and the court submitted an improper charge to the jury at the punishment phase of the…