District Court of Appeal of Florida

Certification of questions to the Florida Supreme Court concerning peremptory challenges and whether the Court should reconsider a previous holding in light of 1) the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Johnson v. California, and 2) the difficulty trial courts have experienced in applying the decision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2006
• Published 03/08/2006

Judges

• SUAREZ, J., Before SHEPHERD and SUAREZ, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.