WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 92-3418.

638 So.2d 976 (1994)

David Lee WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PARIENTE, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of delivery of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. He asserts error occurred when a juror was not dismissed for cause after being timely challenged. The juror voluntarily expressed doubts about his impartiality during questioning by the defense counsel. The juror's subsequent responses to questions by the trial court were insufficient to overcome doubts as to his impartiality. Accordingly, we reverse.

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