DINKINS v. STATE

No. 89-1731.

566 So.2d 859 (1990)

Kenneth DINKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto A. Arias, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Virlindia A. Sample, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of a judgment of conviction and sentence for burglary, asserting reversible error in the jury selection process because the state peremptorily excused a black juror. Because appellant failed in his initial burden of demonstrating a strong likelihood that the juror was struck solely because of race, we find no error in the court's refusal to conduct an inquiry pursuant to State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481...

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