Moriyon v. State

JORGENSON, Judge.

Luis Enrique Moriyon appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. Moriyon asserts reversible error based upon the trial court’s refusal to grant his motion for severance and failure to conduct an adequate Neil inquiry.1

We agree that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to conduct an adequate inquiry into the state’s use of peremptory challenges to strike black prospective jurors pursuant to State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984), clarified sub nom State v. Castillo, 486 So.2d 565 (Fla.1986), and State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18…