FARIAS v. STATE

No. 87-2113.

540 So.2d 201 (1989)

Humberto FARIAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Ralph Barreira, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Humberto Farias appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. We reverse and remand for a new trial on the following briefly stated analysis.

Farias argues that he was forced to use a peremptory challenge to exclude a juror when the trial court denied his motion to exclude the juror for cause. Thereafter, an objectionable juror was seated when the defendant had used all of his remaining peremptory challenges and the trial court refused defendant...

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