RATLIFF v. STATE

No. 94-2644.

666 So.2d 1008 (1996)

Sidney Tyrone RATLIFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Miller of Corse, Bell & Miller, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Patrick Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BENTON, Judge.

Convicted of burglary with assault, Sidney Tyrone Ratliff seeks reversal on grounds the trial court erred in allowing a peremptory challenge to an African-American juror designate, and in accepting as racially neutral the reasons the prosecutor advanced for the challenge. While we agree that some of the reasons offered bore no relationship to the prospective juror's ability to sit, we find no evidence of racial bias. We also reject appellant's contention...

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