JOHN v. STATE

No. 98-2396.

741 So.2d 550 (1999)

Deon JOHN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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


STEVENSON, J.

Appellant, Deon John, challenges his conviction for first degree murder and armed robbery with a deadly weapon on the ground that the trial court erred in finding that the State's peremptory strike of a black male juror was genuine and non-pretextual. We affirm because the issue was not properly preserved for appellate review.

John was arrested after two witnesses informed police that they saw him steal a bicycle and stab the owner with a screwdriver...

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