STATE v. SIMPSON

No. 75-1126.

326 So.2d 54 (1976)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Willie Clayton SIMPSON, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Bludworth, State Atty., Daniel T.K. Hurley, Asst. State Atty., and Robert Gross, legal intern, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Andrew I. Friedrich and Starr & Brown, West Palm Beach, Co-counsel for respondent.


WALDEN, Chief Judge.

The state has brought a petition for certiorari as permitted under Fla. Const. art. V § 4(b)(3) (1972), seeking review of a trial court order granting a mistrial and a discharge of the jury in this case, State v. Simpson, Circuit Court Case No. 74-2950. The trial court entered its order based on its finding that the state had, by the use of peremptory challenges, exercised improper racial discrimination when selecting the jury. We...

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