JAMES v. STATE

No. 3D99-2824.

768 So.2d 1221 (2000)

Terrance Luther JAMES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Kenneth P. Speiller, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.


COPE, J.

Terrance Luther James appeals his conviction, contending that the trial court improperly allowed one of the State's peremptory challenges. We affirm.

During jury selection, the State exercised a peremptory challenge against a Hispanic female, a paralegal who had recently completed law school and had taken the Florida Bar examination. The defense requested a gender and ethnic neutral reason for the peremptory challenge. The State responded that the...

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