Green v. State

• Decision Date: 20 May 1996
• Docket Number: No. 95-1818,95-1818
• Citation: 673 So.2d 937
• Parties: 21 Fla. L. Weekly D1284 Ernest H. GREEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

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673 So.2d 937

21 Fla. L. Weekly D1284

Ernest H. GREEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 95-1818.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 20, 1996.

Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1996.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Jean R. Wilson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Douglas Gurnic, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court refused to allow appellant's counsel to use available peremptory challenges before the jury was sworn. This action constitutes per se reversible error. Gilliam v. State, 514 So.2d 1098, 1099 (Fla.1987); Johnson v. State, 565 So.2d 911 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Accordingly, we are obliged to reverse appellant's conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial.

MINER and MICKLE, JJ., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.