Case Name: Oscar L. ANDREWS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-09-27
Citations: 438 So. 2d 480
Docket Number: No. 81-1180
Parties: Oscar L. ANDREWS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, FERGUSON and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 480–484

Head Matter:
Oscar L. ANDREWS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 81-1180.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 27, 1983.
Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross and William R. Tunkey and Geoffrey C. Fleck, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Theda R. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before NESBITT, FERGUSON and JOR-GENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The principal question in this appeal presents the same issue as that framed in Neil v. State, 433 So.2d 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). We affirm on the authority of Neil and consistent with that decision certify to the supreme court 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?
We have considered the other issues raised by this appeal and find them to be without merit.
Affirmed. Question certified.