Bohannon v. State

Mar 6, 1990
89-480
Reporters:
,
Before:
Schwartz, Gersten, Goderich (per curiam)

PER ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍CURIAM.

Rejecting the defendant‘s only attack upon the judgment of conviction, we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the state‘s peremptory challenge of a single black juror — who was replaced by another black juror ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍whom the prosecution did not excuse — was not unconstitutionally based upon her race. See McCloud v. State, 536 So.2d 1081 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Thomas v. State, 502 So.2d 994 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), review denied, 509 So.2d 1119 (Fla. 1987); Taylor v. State, 491 So.2d 1150 ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍(Fla. 4th DCA 1986), review denied, 501 So.2d 1284 (Fla. 1986); Schlanger v. State, 397 So.2d 1028 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), review denied, 407 So.2d 1105 (Fla. 1981); see also Wright v. State (Fla.3d DCA, Case no. 89-1491, opinion filed this date).

As the state agrees, the sentence is vacated ‍​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‍and the cause remanded for a correct recalculation of the guidelines scoresheet and for resentencing accordingly.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part.