Case Name: Andre SLATON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-01-24
Citations: 666 So. 2d 598
Docket Number: No. 95-385
Parties: Andre SLATON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 666
Pages: 598–599

Head Matter:
Andre SLATON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-385.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 24, 1996.
Carl J. Mecke, Hollywood, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Andre Slaton appeals his convictions and sentences for attempted armed robbery and burglary with an assault therein. We reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial.
The defendant claims that the lower court, based on inadequate objections by the State, erroneously required him to proffer reasons for peremptorily challenging two different prospective jurors. Both challenges were disallowed and the jurors ultimately sat on the panel that convicted the defendant. We agree that the State's objections in both instances were insufficient to dispel the presumption of validity which attached to the defendant's challenges. Holiday v. State, 665 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); Pride v. State, 664 So.2d 1114 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). Accordingly, we reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial. In view of our resolution of the case on this point we decline to address the defendant's other contentions.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.