Collier v. State

The appellant, Brandon Collier, was charged with armed robbery with a firearm. He raises two issues on appeal, only one of which merits discussion. The appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied one of the appellant’s peremptory strikes after improperly finding the strike was not race-neutral.

This Court reviews a trial court’s finding that a party’s use of peremptory challenges was race-neutral with an abuse of discretion standard. Hoskins v. State, 965 So.2d 1, 7 (Fla.2007).

Parties are constitutionally entitled to the assurance that peremptory challenges will…