Case Name: Ned LAYTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-08-08
Citations: 790 So. 2d 612
Docket Number: No. 3D01-852
Parties: Ned LAYTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 790
Pages: 612–612

Head Matter:
Ned LAYTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D01-852.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 8, 2001.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lisa Walsh, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Gary K. Milligan, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to the State's confession of error, we reverse the defendant's conviction and sentence and remand for a new trial. The State properly concedes that a reasonable doubt existed as to whether one or more of the jurors, to whom a cause challenge was denied, possessed an impartial state of mind, Van Poyck v. Singletary, 715 So.2d 930, 931 (Fla.1998)(citing Hill v. State, 477 So.2d 553 (Fla.1985)), cert. denied, 526 U.S. 1018, 119 S.Ct. 1252, 143 L.Ed.2d 349 (1999), and that this error was properly preserved.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.