Case Name: Charles H. MONTGOMERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-09-21
Citations: 566 So. 2d 946
Docket Number: No. 89-1524
Parties: Charles H. MONTGOMERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WENTWORTH, MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 566
Pages: 946–946

Head Matter:
Charles H. MONTGOMERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 89-1524.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 21, 1990.
Barbara M. Linthicum, Public Defender, and Lawrence M. Korn, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn J. Mosley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Montgomery challenges his convictions for burglary, sexual battery, kidnapping and aggravated assault because the trial court failed to conduct a Neil inquiry after the state exercised peremptory challenges to exclude prospective black jurors. We reverse.
The trial court did not conduct an adequate Neil hearing and did not have the benefit of Kibler v. State, 546 So.2d 710 (Fla.1989), and Torres v. State, 548 So.2d 660 (Fla.1989), where the supreme court overturned decisions denying white defendants standing to challenge the exclusion of black jurors. Since Montgomery possessed standing to request a Neil hearing, we reverse and remand for a new trial. See Eichelberger v. State, 562 So.2d 853 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
WENTWORTH, MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.
. State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984), clarified, State v. Castillo, 486 So.2d 565 (Fla.1986), and clarified, State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219, 108 S.Ct. 2873, 101 L.Ed.2d 909 (1988).