BLANCO v. STATE

Nos. 82-1095, 82-1336.

438 So.2d 404 (1983)

Omar BLANCO and Enrique Gonzalez, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sharon Lee Stedman, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

The defendants appeal their convictions for armed robbery and armed burglary claiming that they were denied their right to "backstrike" a juror and that their apartment was subjected to an illegal search and seizure. We agree on both counts and reverse.

Challenges to jurors may be exercised at any time before the jury is sworn Denham v. State, 421 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), and it matters not whether...

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