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DAVIS v. STATE

No. 97-4347.

736 So.2d 1229 (1999)

Tony DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal appellant challenges the state's use of peremptory challenges. The trial court overruled appellant's objections at trial. We affirm. That a venireperson has a relative who has been charged with a crime is a race-neutral reason for exercising a peremptory challenge. See Fotopoulos v. State, 608 So.2d 784 (Fla.1992). The trial court's assessment of the credibility of the state's explanation for the...

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