SQUIRE v. STATE

No. 95-2176.

681 So.2d 925 (1996)

Sylvester SQUIRE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Rockowitz, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Keith S. Kromash, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, GREEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

Sylvester Squire appeals his conviction for armed robbery. Holding that the trial court erred in denying a peremptory challenge of a prospective juror, we reverse.

Squire and codefendants, Roger Morris and Gary Lentz, were charged with armed robbery. The three defendants were tried jointly. During voir dire, codefendant Morris, an African-American, attempted to exercise a peremptory challenge against Leon Martin, an African-American prospective...

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