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JEFFERSON v. STATE

No. 78507.

595 So.2d 38 (1992)

Tony JEFFERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 27, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Joan Fowler, Bureau Chief, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Barbara Green of Freidin, Hirsh, Green & Gerrard, P.A. and Roy D. Wasson, Miami, amicus curiae for The Academy Of Florida Trial Lawyers.

McDONALD, Justice.

We review Jefferson v. State, 584 So.2d 123, 125 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), in which the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:1

WHERE THE TRIAL COURT FINDS THAT A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE IS BASED UPON RACIAL BIAS, IS THE SOLE REMEDY TO DISMISS THE JURY POOL AND TO START VOIR DIRE OVER WITH A NEW JURY POOL, OR MAY THE TRIAL COURT...

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