SMEGAL ET AL.

v.

GATEWAY FOODS OF MINNEAPOLIS, INC., ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (27 total)

• Gonzalez v. State, 569 So. 2d 782 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)
  …nge. The involvement of a juror’s close family member with the law is a valid reason for a peremptory challenge. Cf. Sampson v. State, 542 So. 2d 434 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). See also United States v. Vaccaro, 816 F. 2d 443 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 928, 108 S.Ct. 295, 98 L.Ed.2d 255 (1987). The state is not required to provide any additional explanation. See Reed v. State, 560 So. 2d 203 (Fla.1990); Smith v. State, 562 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); Davis v. State, 560 So. 2d 1346 (Fla. 3d DCA 19…
• United States v. Mervyn Harold Cross, 928 F.2d 1030 (11th Cir. 1991)
  …w any particular comment by, or testimony against, Cross was either adverse to Lodge or created a risk of conflating the jury’s determination of each defendant’s guilt.23 See United States v. LaChance, 817 F. 2d 1491, 1497 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 928, 108 [*1040] S.Ct. 295, 98 L.Ed.2d 255 (1987). We are not persuaded that Lodge suffered contaminating prejudice as a result of his joint trial with Cross. The trial court’s refusal to sever was not an abuse of discretion on this or any of the other…
• Cross v. United States, 893 F.2d 1287 (11th Cir. 1990)
  …denied, 423 U.S. 847, 96 S.Ct. 87, 46 L.Ed.2d 69 (1975). Rather, the decision to permit a defendant to proceed as co-counsel rests in the sound discretion of the trial court. United States v. LaChance, 817 F. 2d 1491, 1498 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 928, 108 S.Ct. 295, 98 L.Ed.2d 255 (1987); United States v. Mills, 704 F. 2d 1553, 1557 (11th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1243, 104 S.Ct. 3517, 82 L.Ed.2d 825 (1984). Because there is no constitutional right for a defendant to act as co-counsel,…