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Estus MACKLIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 83-2568.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Aug. 5, 1986.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
    Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Debora J. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
    Before HENDRY, BASKIN and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Contrary to appellant’s contention that he demonstrated a strong likelihood that four potential black jurors were peremptorily stricken solely because of their race, the record reveals a valid basis for exclusion in at least three instances. See Taylor v. State, 491 So.2d 1150 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986); Cotton v. State, 468 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 4th DCA), review denied, 479 So.2d 117 (Fla.1985). Appellant has failed to show that there was a strong likelihood that the fourth juror was challenged solely on the basis of race, see State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984); we therefore find that reversal under Neil is inappropriate. Parker v. State, 476 So.2d 134 (Fla.1985); Hamilton v. State, 487 So.2d 407 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).

Affirmed.