DOUGLAS MARTIN, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Barrington Levy v. State, 50 So. 3d 1218 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …t request was denied. Thus, the claimed error has been properly preserved for our review. See Trotter v. State, 576 So. 2d 691, 693 (Fla.1990). We review a trial court’s decision to deny a cause challenge for an abuse of discretion. Lewis v. State, 931 So. 2d 1034, 1039 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). The appropriate test when determining juror competency is “whether the juror can lay aside any bias or prejudice and render his or her verdict solely upon the evidence presented and the instructions on the law given by the…
• Joseph Algie & Stephanie Algie v. Lennar Corp., 969 So. 2d 1135 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …who initially expresses bias may be rehabilitated during the course of questioning”; however, “doubts raised by initial statements are not necessarily dispelled simply because a juror later acquiesces and states that he can be fair.” Lewis v. State, 931 So. 2d 1034, 1039 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). Courts must consider the totality of a juror’s responses. Id. Any “ambiguities or uncertainties” concerning a juror’s impartiality must be resolved in favor of excusing the juror. Carratelli, 961 So. 2d at 318. Applying t…
• Diaz v. State, 45 So. 3d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …h request was denied. Thus, the claimed error has been properly preserved for our review. Trotter v. State, 576 So. 2d 691, 698 (Fla.1990). We review a trial court’s decision to deny a challenge for cause for an abuse of discretion. Lewis v. State, 931 So. 2d 1034, 1039 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). The test for juror competency is “whether the juror can lay aside any bias or prejudice and render” a verdict solely on the evidence presented and the instructions given. Lusk v. State, 446 So. 2d 1038, 1041 (Fla.1984). If…

Authorities Cited

• Shaddix v. State, 599 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)