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STATE v. ALEN

No. 79542.

616 So.2d 452 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Ramon ALEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hollywood, for petitioner.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondent.

McDONALD, Justice.

We review Alen v. State, 596 So.2d 1083 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), in which the court held that the state and federal constitutions forbid peremptorily challenging Hispanic jurors solely on the basis of their ethnicity. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. We approve the decision of the district court.

The state charged Alen with robbery and resisting...

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