BETHEL v. STATE

No. 4D12-2493.

122 So.3d 944 (2013)

James BETHEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nancy Jack , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for grand theft of a motor vehicle and burglary of a dwelling. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his cause challenge to a potential juror who was an assistant state attorney in the same state attorney's office as the prosecutor. We agree with the defendant and reverse for a new trial.

Because the state's answer brief relies heavily on the potential juror's responses and the trial court...

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