JAMES DARRELL MCCANTS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
JAMES DARRELL MCCANTS, APPELLANT,
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
210 So. 3d 130
Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2016)
Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
For the reasons set forth in Ivy v. State, 196 So.3d 394, (Fla. 2d DCA 2016), we affirm. Again, we certify the following question of great public importance to the supreme court:
DURING A MELBOURNE V. STATE, 679 So.2d 759, 763 (Fla.1996), HEARING, WHEN A TRIAL COURT FINDS THAT THE PROPONENT’S REASON FOR A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE IS FACIALLY NEUTRAL, IS IT THE BURDEN OF THE OPPONENT (1) TO CLAIM THE REASON IS A PRETEXT, (2) TO PLACE INTO THE RECORD THE CIRCUMSTANCES SUPPORTING ITS POSITION, AND (3) TO OBJECT IF THE TRIAL COURT’S RULING DOES NOT CONTAIN ADEQUATE FINDINGS ON THE ISSUE OF GENUINENESS?
Affirmed; question certified.
WALLACE, KHOUZAM, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.
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- IVY v. State, 196 So. 3d 394 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)