Case Name: Mario VENERO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-01-04
Citations: 647 So. 2d 1077
Docket Number: No. 94-1458
Parties: Mario VENERO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 647
Pages: 1077–1077

Head Matter:
Mario VENERO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-1458.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 4, 1995.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joni Braunstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court properly denied defendant Mario Venero's attempt to exercise a peremptory challenge against a prospective juror. The record supports the court's finding that the challenge was improperly motivated by either gender or race. Abshire v. State, 642 So.2d 542 (Fla.1994); State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984). Therefore, Venero's conviction and sentence are affirmed.