ANDERSON v. STATE

No. 4D02-4513.

873 So.2d 1278 (2004)

Neil ANDERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant, convicted of robbery and aggravated assault, argues that we should grant a new trial because the trial court erred in allowing the state to exercise a peremptory challenge to a black juror where no race-neutral reason was given. We reverse.

During voir dire the prosecutor questioned a black juror, attempting to ascertain whether she could convict based on the testimony of one witness whom she believed, if there was contradictory testimony...

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