TERRANCE AIKENS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Davis v. State, 691 So. 2d 1180 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …fer a valid race-neutral reason. The state responded with such a reason, specifically, that Ms. Pittman had been previously arrested and that a close relative had also been arrested. Allen v. State, 643 So. 2d 87 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994); Aikens v. State, 609 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Miller v. State, 605 So. 2d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Files v. State, 586 So. 2d 352 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). Step 2 was also satisfied. The defendant argues that because the court did [*1183] not then articulate specific findings of g…
• Betancourt v. State, 650 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
  …S.Ct. 1191, 117 L.Ed.2d 432 (1992); Turner v. State, 645 So. 2d 444 (Fla.1994) (upholding challenge based on prospec tive juror’s problems with definition of murder, discussions with co-worker about case and status as crime victim); Aikens v. State, 609 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (upholding state’s peremptory challenge of black venire-person on grounds that a close relative had been charged with a similar offense); Miller v. State, 605 So. 2d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (upholding state’s peremptory challenge o…
• Symonette v. State, 778 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
  …has had a relative arrested has been repeatedly held to be a valid race-neutral reason for the exercise of a peremptory challenge. See Fotopoulos v. State, 608 So. 2d 784 (Fla.1992); Allen v. State, 643 So. 2d 87 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994); Aikens v. State, 609 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Miller v. State, 605 So. 2d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Knight v. State, 559 So. 2d 327 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). The fact that such a juror asserts that he or she can, nevertheless, be fair and impartial, does not mean that the state mus…

Authorities Cited

• Bowden v. State, 588 So. 2d 225 (Fla. 1991)
• Yuanis v. State, 347 So. 2d 448 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)