Case Name: Robert MOBLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-03-07
Citations: 559 So. 2d 1201
Docket Number: No. 88-3368
Parties: Robert MOBLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LETTS and WALDEN JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 1201–1202

Head Matter:
Robert MOBLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-3368.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 7, 1990.
Rehearing Denied May 23, 1990.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David D. McLauehlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
During voir dire, a prospective juror denied he had ever been a victim of a crime. He was selected for the jury and the trial began. Thereafter, he remembered that he had, after all, been a crime victim and informed the judge. Defense counsel's motion to strike him from the panel and substitute the alternate was denied. We reverse.
The defense did not use all its peremptory challenges in this case. Had the juror answered correctly during voir dire, a peremptory challenge might well have been used in view of the juror's personal experience. However, the defendant was denied the inalienable right to use such a challenge because of the incorrect response to voir dire. This was error, notwithstanding the juror's assurances that he could be impartial. Those assurances might well have obviated a challenge for cause, but it did nothing to resurrect the ability to exercise a peremptory challenge. See Mitchell v. State, 458 So.2d 819 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).
We find no further error.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
LETTS and WALDEN JJ., concur.
STONE, J., dissents with opinion.