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HAMDEH v. STATE

No. 3D99-533.

762 So.2d 1030 (2000)

Khaled Abu HAMDEH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and M. Rebecca Springer, Assistant Attorney General (Fort Lauderdale), for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Khaled Abu Hamdeh ("defendant"), appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree murder. Because the trial court erred in refusing to allow a peremptory strike, we reverse.

The defendant shot and killed African-American Charles Nelson ("victim") in the Scott's Market store, located in Liberty City. Immediately after the shooting, the police questioned the defendant. The defendant, who owned Scott's Market, claimed that he shot the victim...

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