Turner v. State

James C. Turner, Jr., appeals from his judgment and sentence on a charge of battery, enhanced to a third degree felony by a prior battery.1 He argues that the conviction should be reversed because the trial court erred when it failed to grant his *543motion to strike the jury panel. This motion was made after a member of the venire indicated that she knew the defendant because she “was a former corrections officer at the Marion County Jail.” See Richardson v. State, 666 So.2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995) (holding that trial court reversibly erred by denying defendant’s motion to strike venire, in light…