BARNASON v. STATE

No. 78-578.

371 So.2d 680 (1979)

Robert G. BARNASON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert L. Moore, Special Asst. Public Defender; Greene & Cooper and Sharon L. Wolfe, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Susan C. Minor, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HAVERFIELD, C.J., and PEARSON and SCHWARTZ, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence entered after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder. We find that neither of the contentions he advances for reversal has merit.

Barnason, a white non-Latin, first argues, relying almost entirely on Castaneda v. Partida, 430 U.S. 482, 97 S.Ct. 1272, 51 L.Ed.2d 498 (1977), that Blacks and Latins were substantially underrepresented on the

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