JEFFREY EUGENE, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Rojas v. State, 790 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
  …court’s assessment of the striking party’s credibility — which is solely within the purview of the finder of fact. If the court finds the explanation is not pretextual the strike will be sustained. Melbourne, 679 So. 2d at 764.”1 Pringle v. State, 792 So. 2d 533 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). In making its ruling the trial court needs to keep in mind that it is dealing with a peremptory strike, not one for cause. Separating in one’s mind the [*1221] “rules” relating to peremptory challenges from those relating to cau…

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• Murray v. William K. Haley, M.D. & N. Fla. Surgeons, P.A., 833 So. 2d 877 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)
  …ient to allow inquiry into whether the juror was being challenged for nonracial reasons where the trial court clearly understood that the objection was that the challenge had been exercised because of the prospective juror’s race); Pringle v. State, 792 So. 2d 533, 535 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) (noting that “there are no ritual in [*880] cantations that must be made in order to call forth the striking party’s reasons,” and holding that, although the prosecution did not request the trial court to ask the defense to g…
• Carrillo v. State, 962 So. 2d 1013 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007)
  …ong with that? That’s a very legitimate question. [Prosecutor]: It’s not a legitimate question for someone on this jury, Judge. [Court]: That’s the State’s eighth. (emphasis added). I agree with the majority when it quotes from Pringle v. State, 792 So. 2d 533 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001), that as appellate judges, we should not require “a perfect script.” We should not demand “magic words or incantations.” However, the three-step process delineated in Melbourne v. State, 679 So. 2d 759 (Fla.1996), is not rocket sc…

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Authorities Cited

• Artis J. Kelly v. State, 767 So. 2d 560 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
• Wester v. State, 767 So. 2d 560 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)