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Grant v. State

Citations

  • 325 S.W.3d 655
  • 2010 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1566
  • 2010 WL 4628521

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  • noting that when trial court’s ruling requires evaluation of attorney credibility, we defer to trial court’s ruling in the absence of exceptional circumstances
  • stating reason for a peremptory strike need not actually turn out to be correct
  • whether prosecutor engaged in purposeful discrimination is a fact issue subject to clearly erroneous standard because it requires credibility determinations
  • record supported trial judge’s finding of no pretext when prospective juror listed his spouse’s employer as the Wal-Mart return center where prosecutors believed that the defendant’s girlfriend had been employed
  • record supported trial judge's finding of no pretext when prospective juror listed his spouse's employer as the Wal-Mart return center where prosecutors believed that the defendant's girlfriend had been employed
  • “[T]he reason for a peremptory strike need not actually turn out to be correct.”

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Judges: Womack

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