KING v. STATE

No. 83-725.

461 So.2d 1370 (1985)

Edward Joiner KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Gary Caldwell, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DELL, Judge.

Edward Joiner King appeals from his conviction of trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic.

We have considered each of the seven points raised by appellant. Only one point demonstrates reversible error. That point concerns the trial judge's implementation of a procedure which restricted appellant's right to backstrike jurors during voir dire. The following colloquy occurred between the court and counsel before voir dire began:

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