LANDIS v. STATE

No. 4D12-1989.

143 So.3d 974 (2014)

Mitchell LANDIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Z. Fleischman of Fleischman & Fleischman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Matthew Steven Ocksrider , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLINGENSMITH, J.

Appellant, Mitchell Landis ("Defendant"), was charged with trafficking in cocaine. When the case proceeded to a jury trial, the State exercised a peremptory challenge during jury selection on a prospective juror who was African-American. The trial court found the race-neutral reason given by the State to be "genuine" and allowed the strike. Defendant has presented three points on appeal, however, we will address only one — specifically the...

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