TAYLOR, J.
Appellant, Cedric Frazier, appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine and possession of cannabis. We reverse because the trial court erred in allowing the state's peremptory challenge of a Jamaican juror where the reason proffered for the challenge was neither race nor ethnic neutral.
During jury selection, the state attempted to peremptorily strike Juror Anderson, a black woman who moved to Florida from Jamaica several...
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