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462 So. 2d 610

462 So.2d 610

10 Fla.L.Weekly 268

Rollins v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 29, 1985

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1985-01-29

Relies on Swain v. State of Alabama · 457 So. 2d 481 - State v. Neil · Neil v. State

Decided 1985-01-29

PER CURIAM.

¶1This appeal presents the same issue as that framed in Neil v. State, 433 So.2d 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), wherein this court certified to the Supreme Court of Florida the following question of great public importance:

Absent the criteria established in Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202, 85 S.Ct. 824, 13 L.Ed.2d 759 (1965), may a party be required to state the basis for the exercise of a peremptory challenge?

¶2The certified question has been resolved in State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984). Applying to this record the test announced by the Florida supreme court, we conclude that no reversible error has been demonstrated.

¶3We have considered the other issues raised by the appellant and find them to be without merit.

¶4The convictions and sentences entered thereon are accordingly affirmed.

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