PINDER v. STATE

No. 97-1071.

738 So.2d 428 (1999)

Randal D. PINDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Blumberg of Sara Blumberg, P.A., Boynton Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for sexual battery and kidnapping. On appeal his principal issue is that the trial judge erroneously refused to start jury selection all over with a new panel because of the state's peremptory challenge of prospective male jurors. We disagree and affirm.

The essential crime was sexual battery. During jury selection the defendant began excusing prospective female jurors. At some point the state began excusing...

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