MEADE v. STATE

No. 3D03-1840.

867 So.2d 1215 (2004)

Desmond MEADE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Marni A. Bryson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., COPE and SHEVIN, JJ.


SHEVIN, J.

Desmond Meade appeals his conviction and sentence. We reverse, holding that the trial court should have granted defendant's cause challenge of a prospective juror.

Meade was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. During jury selection, a prospective juror related that she had been the victim of a violent home invasion robbery during which the perpetrator held a gun to her head and threatened her life. Upon further questioning...

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