Doug Lee Ford, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the Court of Appeals' reversal of the trial court's Batson ruling, holding that the appellant failed to meet his burden of persuasion to show purposeful racial discrimination and that the appellate court's finding of error was not clearly erroneous. The judgment was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings. Justice Mansfield dissented, arguing that the peremptory strikes violated Batson and the appellate reversal should be affirmed.