Case Name: Kevin MACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-06-25
Citations: 620 So. 2d 804
Docket Number: No. 92-2072
Parties: Kevin MACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 620
Pages: 804–804

Head Matter:
Kevin MACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-2072.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 25, 1993.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
DIAMANTIS, Judge.
Appellant appeals his convictions for sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine, and possession of cannabis, claiming that the trial court erred in refusing to allow him to strike two prospective jurors before the jury was sworn. We agree and, therefore, reverse and remand for a new trial.
The jury was selected one day but was not sworn. The next day, when appellant attempted to strike two jurors by exercising peremptory challenges, the trial court refused to allow the back-strikes on the basis that there were no other available jurors. Relying on Jones v. State, 332 So.2d 615 (Fla.1976), the state contends that such error was harmless. In Gilliam v. State, 514 So.2d 1098 (Fla.1987), however, the supreme court specifically receded from Jones and held that the trial court's denial of a defendant's right to challenge any juror prior to the jury being sworn constitutes per se reversible error. See also Lewis v. State, 593 So.2d 1195 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Telemaque v. State, 591 So.2d 675 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Johnson v. State, 565 So.2d 911 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); Shelby v. State, 541 So.2d 1219 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.310.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
. § 893.13(l)(a)l, Fla.Stat. (1991).
. § 893.03(2)(a)4, 893.13(l)(f), Fla.Stat. (1991).
.§§ 893.13(l)(f), 893.13(l)(g), Fla.Stat. (1991).