SOTO v. STATE

No. 4D00-1798.

786 So.2d 1218 (2001)

Edwin SOTO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Meredith L. Balo, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

We affirm appellant's conviction for burglary of a dwelling, addressing one issue: whether the court erred in allowing the state to strike a Hispanic juror in the absence of a race-neutral reason.

The state's explanation for striking the juror was that the juror did not appear to speak or understand English very well. The trial court found that to be a raceneutral reason and appellant made no further objection. On appeal appellant argues that the...

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