RATLIFF v. STATE

No. 87397.

679 So.2d 1183 (1996)

Sidney Tyrone RATLIFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and James W. Rogers, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief and Patrick Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


WELLS, Justice.

We have for review a decision certifying the following question certified to be of great public importance:

WHEN A LITIGANT OBJECTS THAT AN OPPOSING PARTY SEEKS TO EXERCISE A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE FOR CONSTITUTIONALLY IMPERMISSIBLE REASONS, WHO HAS THE BURDEN TO PROVE (OR DISPROVE) FACTS ON WHICH THE OBJECTOR RELIES?

Ratliff v. State, 666 So.2d 1008

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