must be left with a “definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” Moore, 265 S.W.3d at 78 (quoting Goldberg v. State, 95 S.W.3d 345, 385 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2002, pet. ref'd)). Appellate courts must give great deference to credibility and demeanor determinations made by the trial court in connection with a Batson inquiry. Snyder, 552 U.S. at 477-79, 128 S.Ct. at 1208 (observing that “the best evidence of discriminatory intent often will be the demeanor of the attorney who exercises the challenge”). We may not substitute our opinion for the trial court’s factual assessment of the neutrality of the prosecutor’s explanation for exercising strikes. Gibson v. State, 144 S.W.3d 530, 534 n. 5 (Tex.Crim.App.2004); see Snyder, 552 U.S. at 477-79, 128 S.Ct. at 1208 (<HOLDING>). We view the evidence in the light most
holding in the absence of exceptional circumstances deference should be given to trial court holding that such a threat would not supply exceptional circumstances holding claims raised for first time on appeal will not be considered absent exceptional circumstances holding that a trial courts statutory interpretation is given no deference on review holding the court should only apply the doctrine narrowly and only under exceptional circumstances