YOUNG JOON PARK

v.

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

Citator

Cited By (18 total)

• Farina v. State, 801 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 2001)
  …cised in a nondiscriminatory manner; and the trial court’s decision, which turns primarily on an assessment of credibility, will be affirmed on appeal unless clearly erroneous. See id.; Rodriguez v. State, 753 So. 2d 29, 40 (Fla.2000), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 859, 121 S.Ct. 145, 148 L.Ed.2d 96 (2000). In the instant case, the State peremptorily struck juror Edwards on two grounds: that she expressed concern over her son’s guilt for a drug conviction; and that she voiced hesitancy about the death penalty. Th…
• Sonny Ray Jeffries v. State, 797 So. 2d 573 (Fla. 2001)
  …exercised in a nondiscriminatory manner; and the trial court’s decision, which turns primarily on an assessment of credibility, will be affirmed on appeal unless clearly erroneous. See id.; Rodriguez v. State, 753 So. 2d 29, 40 (Fla.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 859, 121 S.Ct. 145, 148 L.Ed.2d 96 (2000). Based upon our review of the voir dire record and the fact that the court’s rulings turned on an assessment of the genuineness of the State’s reasons for striking juror Melvin, we conclude that the trial court…
• Jones v. State, 787 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
  …rike, the explanation is not a pretext, the strike will be sustained. In step (3), the court’s focus is on the genuineness and not the reasonableness of the explanation. Rodriguez v. State, 753 So. 2d 29, 40 (Fla.) (citing Melbourne), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 859, 121 S.Ct. 145, 148 L.Ed.2d 96 (2000). In the instant case, step one was clearly satisfied by the State. In turn, defense counsel offered two reasons for the strike: Kurty’s prior jury service in a federal gun case where a guilty verdict was return…