
    Mario VENERO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 94-1458.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Jan. 4, 1995.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joni Braunstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
    Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

The trial court properly denied defendant Mario Venero’s attempt to exercise a peremptory challenge against a prospective juror. The record supports the court’s finding that the challenge was improperly motivated by either gender or race. Abshire v. State, 642 So.2d 542 (Fla.1994); State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984). Therefore, Venero’s conviction and sentence are affirmed.  