02-0716 MILLER V. STATE

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 02-0716 MILLER V. STATE

Case Date: 12/18/2002

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2002

DERRICK NAVARRA MILLER, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

** ** ** ** CASE NO. 3D02-716 LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 99-7888 **

Opinion filed December 18, 2002. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Robert Pineiro, Judge. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Richard E. Doran, Attorney General and Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ. PER CURIAM. Because, as the state concedes, the trial judge should have excused a particular juror for cause, Chavers v. State, 827 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Polite v. State, 754 So. 2d 859 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), and the defendant properly preserved the error in accordance with Trotter v. State, 576 So. 2d 691 (Fla.

1990), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 876 (Fla. 1997); see Wilson v. State, 753 So. 2d 683 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), review denied, 773 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 2000), the judgment below is reversed for a new trial.

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