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WOODS v. STATE

No. 87-1801.

556 So.2d 752 (1989)

Eddie George WOODS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Louis K. Nicholas II, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Ivy R. Ginsberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Eddie Woods was convicted of burglary of a structure, grand theft second-degree, and possession of cocaine.

As a first point on appeal, Woods claims that the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motion to require that the State give reasonably specific race-neutral explanations for its use of peremptory challenges to remove the only two black venirepersons. We agree and reverse on the authority of State v. Slappy,

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