WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 05-87-00632-CR.

767 S.W.2d 872 (1989)

Donna Maria WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

March 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Alan Anderson, Keith E. Jagmin, Dallas, for appellant.

Pamela Sullivan Berdanier, Dallas, for appellee.

Before the Court En Banc.


BAKER, Justice.

Although Donna Maria Williams asserts six points of error in this appeal of her conviction of voluntary manslaughter, this opinion is concerned only with her fifth point. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying her the right to cross-examine the prosecutor about the prosecutor's explanations for exercising peremptory challenges on veniremen who were members of a racially cognizable group. We agree, abate this appeal, and remand this...

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