Walker v. State

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

Earnest Ray Walker was convicted of attempted sexual assault and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, Walker raises three points of error. First, that the trial court erred in denying Walker’s Bat-son motion; second, that the State made an improper jury argument; and finally, that Walker’s request for a directed verdict on the basis of insufficient evidence was improperly denied.

Walker’s first point of error is a Batson challenge. The party raising a Batson challenge must first make a prima facie showing that the opposing party has exercised its preemptory…