LEWIS v. STATE

No. B14-88-00836-CR.

775 S.W.2d 13 (1989)

Anthony Craig LEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Discretionary Review Refused October 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Stafford, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Linda A. West, and J. Robin Brown, Houston, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, SEARS and CANNON, JJ.


OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

A jury rejected appellant's plea of not guilty to a murder charge and sentenced him to 45 years confinement. Appellant challenges his conviction on the grounds that the trial court erred in failing to discharge a jury panel from which all black veniremen were purposefully excluded, and in failing to grant appellant's motion for instructed verdict. We reverse and remand.

Appellant, a black man, was charged with the death of...

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