PACCHIANA v. STATE

No. 4D15-3340.

240 So.3d 803 (2018)

John PACCHIANA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Haddad of Haddad & Navarro, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


In this case, the state and the trial court ratified the striking of a potential juror based not on her views, but merely because of her membership in a particular religious group. For this reason and for the reasons stated below, we reverse.

First, the trial court should not have found the state's reason for the strike to be...

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