JOSEPH v. STATE

No. 93-264.

636 So.2d 777 (1994)

Simon JOSEPH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Rosa Figarola, Asst. Public Defender, and Ronald S. Lowy, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

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

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether exercising a peremptory challenge of a Jewish venireperson, based solely upon the venireperson being Jewish, is constitutionally impermissible.

Simon Joseph, the defendant, was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, after a confrontation with a Miami Beach parking enforcement officer, who had ticketed the defendant's parked taxi cab.

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