Gray v. State

Full title: TRACY GRAY, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 20, 1992

605 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 92-918.

October 20, 1992.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dade County, Paul Siegel, Judge.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Julie St. John Thornton, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Lauri Waldman Ross, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in not permitting the defense to peremptorily challenge prospective juror Martinez or in allowing the State to use a peremptory challenge to exclude prospective juror Minnis. See State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18, 22 (Fla.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219, 108 S.Ct. 2873, 101 L.Ed.2d 909 (1988); State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla. 1984), clarified sub nom. State v. Castillo, 486 So.2d 565 (Fla. 1986). Accordingly, we affirm the defendant's conviction.