CHAIRS v. STATE

No. 13-92-462-CR.

878 S.W.2d 250 (1994)

Amos CHAIRS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

May 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knute L. Dietze, Elaine Sommers Brown, Victoria, for appellant.

Wiley L. Cheatham, Dist. Atty., Robert C. Lassmann, Asst. Dist. Atty., Cuero, for appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and DORSEY and YAÑEZ, JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Amos Chairs, was convicted after jury trial of aggravated sexual assault. He was sentenced to a prison term of 55 years. He appeals claiming that the trial court coerced a conviction from an allegedly deadlocked jury, that jury misconduct occurred, and that the State exercised its peremptory strikes during jury selection in a racially motivated manner to exclude all members of Appellant's race. We affirm.

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