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GADSON v. STATE

No. 89-0928.

561 So.2d 1316 (1990)

Shirley GADSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

WARNER, Judge.

The appellant claims that she was denied a fair trial because the state improperly struck black jurors in violation of the standards set forth in State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla. 1984). We agree and reverse.

At trial the prosecutor struck two black jurors and, when challenged under State v. Neil, stated that his grounds for striking were that they were both teachers and he always struck teachers...

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