WELLS, J.
The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for resisting arrest without violence, alleging that the trial court erred in failing to require the State to give a race-neutral reason for using a peremptory strike on a Hispanic juror. For the following reasons, we agree and reverse for a new trial.
The State charged the defendant by information with two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and one count of resisting arrest without violence...
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