PAYNE v. STATE

No. 4D01-3141.

851 So.2d 227 (2003)

Takila PAYNE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. George of John G. George, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna L. Eng, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

This case arises out of the death of a fourteen-month-old child who had been left in the care of appellant for several days. We affirm appellant's conviction of manslaughter, concluding that the trial court did not err in allowing the state to strike jurors based on the explanation that the state wanted jurors who were more educated.

Appellant argues that the state, when asked for a race-neutral reason as to why it was striking certain jurors, improperly...

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