James v. State

Full title: THOMAS JAMES, APPELLANT, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Feb 12, 1997

687 So. 2d 364 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 96-871

Opinion filed February 12, 1997.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Marc Schumacher and Leonard E. Glick, Judges.

LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 93-44126

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Wanda Raiford, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Because the State's justifications for peremptorily challenging the prospective jurors were facially race-neutral and genuine, we affirm. See State v. Holiday, 682 So.2d 1092 (Fla. 1996); Melbourne v. State, 679 So.2d 759 (Fla. 1996).

Affirmed.