Case Name: Angelo WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-07-31
Citations: 118 So. 3d 312
Docket Number: No. 3D12-1805
Parties: Angelo WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 118
Pages: 312–313

Head Matter:
Angelo WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D12-1805.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 31, 2013.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Magaly Rodriguez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
Angelo Williams was charged with robbery with a deadly weapon or firearm. Williams was convicted for robbery with a weapon, as a lesser included offense and sentenced to ten years in prison.
Based upon the State's proper and commendable confession of error that the trial court improperly denied the defense's peremptory challenges to two prospective jurors upon an erroneous conclusion that the defense's proffered reasons for the challenges were not race and gender neutral, we reverse the judgment and sentence and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.