Case Name: John FITZGERALD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-06-21
Citations: 658 So. 2d 565
Docket Number: No. 94-503
Parties: John FITZGERALD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 658
Pages: 565–566

Head Matter:
John FITZGERALD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-503.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 21, 1995.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 23, 1995.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and May L. Cain, Special Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John Fitzgerald appeals from judgments of conviction for first degree felony murder, armed robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary of an occupied dwelling, and grand theft of an automobile. We affirm.
The trial court properly denied the defense's peremptory challenge of juror Beni-tez. The record indicates that the State had cause to object to the challenge as discriminatory and demand a Neil inquiry, and that the reasons given for the strike were pretex-tual. See State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18, 22 (Fla.) (factors that may demonstrate pretext include perfunctory examination of challenged juror and proffered reason for challenge that is unrelated to facts of case), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219, 108 S.Ct. 2873, 101 L.Ed.2d 909 (1988).
We find no merit m the remaining points on appeal.
AFFIRMED.
JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ., concur.