BERNARD v. STATE

No. 94-2164.

659 So.2d 1346 (1995)

Jonathan BERNARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

Jonathan T. Bernard appeals his judgment and sentence for carrying a concealed firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Bernard's sole argument on appeal is that the trial court erred when it allowed the state to use a peremptory challenge to strike a Hispanic-American from the jury venire because the state did not have a race-neutral reason for the peremptory strike. We reverse.

During voir dire, the state used a peremptory...

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