ATUESTA v. STATE

No. 01-88-01194-CR.

788 S.W.2d 382 (1990)

Eduardo C. ATUESTA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Hebert, Steve Hebert & Associates, Baytown, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Linda A. West, Ted Wilson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Harris County, for appellee.

Before DUGGAN, MIRABAL and WARREN, JJ.


OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of delivery of cocaine in an amount less than 28 grams. The court assessed punishment at 12 years confinement and a $5000 fine.

In six points of error, appellant claims that:

(1) The trial court should have quashed the jury panel because the State used its peremptory challenges to strike blacks and Hispanics, and made no racially neutral explanation for such strikes.

(2) Because...

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