HILL v. STATE

No. 87-2765.

547 So.2d 175 (1989)

Kirk Lector HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Richard G. Bartmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 19, 1989.

PER CURIAM.

Appellee, the state, exercised a peremptory challenge to excuse a black juror, Mrs. Mosley, from the panel. When appellant, the defendant, raised an objection arguing that the challenge was racially motivated, the state claimed that it excused Mrs. Mosley because she "yawned through the whole [voir dire] and didn't seem interested." The trial court permitted the state to excuse the juror. We...

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