Case Name: Eugene FULTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-09-28
Citations: 642 So. 2d 1163
Docket Number: No. 93-2674
Parties: Eugene FULTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 642
Pages: 1163–1164

Head Matter:
Eugene FULTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-2674.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 28, 1994.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Scott W. Sakin, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for ap-pellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's disallowance of a defense peremptory challenge on the ground that the non-raeially based reasons asserted were pretextual. See State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.1988), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219, 108 S.Ct. 2873, 101 L.Ed.2d 909 (1988). In addition, the alleged error was not preserved because the defense used all of its allotted peremptory challenges on other prospective jurors. See Pentecost v. State, 545 So.2d 861, 863 n. 1 (Fla.1989); Rollins v. State, 148 So.2d 274 (Fla.1963); Aguilera v. State, 606 So.2d 1194, 1201-02 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).
The other point presented, relating to the granting of a jury instruction, does not present harmful error. See State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986).
Affirmed.
SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN, J., concur.