RIMES v. STATE

No. 5D07-2276.

993 So.2d 1132 (2008)

Rachel RIMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and L. Charlene Matthews, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


LAWSON, J.

Rachel Rimes appeals her conviction and sentence on the charge of grand theft auto. We agree with Rimes that the trial court committed reversible error when it denied her request to strike a prospective juror for cause. Rimes used a peremptory strike to eliminate the potential juror and requested an additional peremptory after exhausting her allotted strikes. This request was also denied.

The prospective juror had a close friend who worked as a...

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