ACOFF v. STATE

No. 4D99-1572.

756 So.2d 208 (2000)

Tremayne ACOFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas J. Glaid, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, J.

Tremayne Acoff was convicted of escape and resisting arrest without violence. He challenges one of the state's peremptory strikes on the ground of racial bias, and also argues the court's written judgment did not reflect the jury's verdict. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Acoff first argues that the trial court erred by permitting the prosecution to exercise a peremptory challenge to excuse an African-American juror over defense objection...

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