Case Name: James Russell McCLAIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-04-05
Citations: 616 So. 2d 182
Docket Number: No. 92-332
Parties: James Russell McCLAIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER, ALLEN and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 616
Pages: 182–182

Head Matter:
James Russell McCLAIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-332.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 5, 1993.
Brian T. Kelly, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this direct criminal appeal, appellant raises two issues: (1) whether the trial court committed reversible error when it failed to sustain a Neil objection to a peremptory challenge used by the state; and (2) whether the trial court committed reversible error when it imposed two consecutive mandatory minimum sentences for convictions which appellant asserts arose out of the same criminal episode.
We conclude that the reasons given by the state for exercise of the peremptory challenge at issue were race-neutral. Accordingly, the trial court correctly denied appellant's Neil objection. State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984).
The state concedes that imposition of two consecutive mandatory minimum sentences is error on the facts of this case. We agree. Daniels v. State, 595 So.2d 952 (Fla.1992).
We affirm appellant's convictions. However, we reverse appellant's sentence as to count 3, and remand with directions that the trial court resentence appellant so that any mandatory minimum sentence imposed for that count run concurrently with the other mandatory minimum sentences imposed.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; and REMANDED, with directions.
ZEHMER, ALLEN and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.