GRANT v. STATE

No. PD-1059-09.

325 S.W.3d 655 (2010)

Derrick Dwayne GRANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Reaves Jr. , Waco, for appellant.

John R. Messinger , Asst. Crim. D.A., Waco, Jeffrey L. Van Horn , State's Attorney, Austin, for State.


WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.

The appellant, Derrick Dwayne Grant, pled guilty to burglary of a habitation with a deadly weapon. After a jury trial on punishment, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison. The Tenth Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, holding that the trial court erred in denying the appellant's Batson1 challenge to the State's exercise of peremptory strikes. The Court found that the...

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