JAMES CHESTNUT, APPELLANT,

v.

OKALOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND HEWITT, COLEMAN & ASSOCIATES, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Aguilera v. State, 606 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)
  …proceeding 10 days before trial. The trial court followed the correct rule, in our view, which is that the defendant may challenge prospective jurors at any time before the jury is sworn. Gilliam v. State, 514 So. 2d 1098 (Fla.1987); Lewis v. State, 593 So. 2d 1195 (Fla. 4th DCA1992). . We note that early in the jury selection process defense counsel challenged Mr. LaCoste for cause, based upon his acquaintance with a state witness. The challenge was denied. The record reveals no attempt to challenge Mr. Nich…
• Mack v. State, 620 So. 2d 804 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993)
  …8 (Fla.1987), however, the supreme court specifically receded from Jones and held that the trial court’s denial of a defendant’s right to challenge any juror prior to the jury being sworn constitutes per se reversible error. See also Lewis v. State, 593 So. 2d 1195 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Telemaque v. State, 591 So. 2d 675 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Johnson v. State, 565 So. 2d 911 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); Shelby v. State, 541 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.310. REVERSED and REMANDED. GRIFFIN and THOMPSON…

Authorities Cited

• Arnold Lumber Co. v. Verner E. Harris, 469 So. 2d 786 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)