Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

When motives behind a challenged peremptory strike are both neutral and impermissible, if the striking party shows that the juror would have struck based solely on the neutral reasons, the strike does not violate the juror's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2002
• Published 05/22/2002

Judges

• Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• C. Wayne Huff, Dallas, for Appellant., D. Prichard Bevis, Jr., Asst. DA, Dallas, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.