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638 So. 2d 213

Docket No. 93-1958.

Howard v. State

Constance HOWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1994-06-29

Relies on JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 457 So. 2d 481 - State v. Neil · State v. Johans

Decided 1994-06-29

¶1*214 Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Eric M. Cumfer, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4The state concedes, and we find, that it was error for the trial court to refuse to conduct an inquiry to determine whether, when the state used peremptory challenges to exclude women from the jury, it was acting in an impermissibly discriminatory manner. J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B., ___ U.S. ___, 114 S.Ct. 1419, 128 L.Ed.2d 89 (1994); Laidler v. State, 627 So.2d 1263 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla. 1984); State v. Johans, 613 So.2d 1319 (Fla. 1993).

¶5REVERSED AND REMANDED.

¶6WARNER and PARIENTE, JJ., and SMITH, FREDRICKA G., Associate Judge, concur.

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