STEPHENS v. STATE

No. 89-499.

559 So.2d 687 (1990)

Almertis STEPHENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, Nancy L. Showalter, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Laura Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of his judgment of conviction and sentence for armed robbery (two counts), aggravated assault and assault. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

The appellant argues that the trial court erred in accepting the prosecutor's reasons for exercising its peremptory challenges to exclude three black men from the jury panel. Appellant made a timely objection to the prosecution's use of its peremptory challenges, and...

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