Strong v. State
Strong v. State
Opinion of the Court
The defendant, Maeola Strong, appeals her judgment and sentence. Along with several other defendants, Ms. Strong was charged with conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and a related RICO violation.
Ms. Strong maintains that: 1) the trial court erred in denying a judgment of acquittal on the racketeering charge; 2) the trial court erred in allowing the admission of various hearsay statements of coconspir-ators; and 3) the trial court erred during jury selection by allowing the state’s peremptory strike of a black juror without satisfying Neil requirements.
Reversed and remanded.
. Similar charges were also filed in Broward County. See State v. Strong, 593 So.2d 1065 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992).
. State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla. 1984), clarified, State v. Castillo, 486 So.2d 565 (Fla. 1986), and clarified, State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219, 108 S.Ct. 2873, 101 L.Ed.2d 909 (1988).
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