Legal Opinion

Guzman v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 15, 2011No. 2D10-1635Published

1Opinion of the Court

SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.

Frank Guzman seeks review of his judgment and sentences for lewd or lascivious molestation and lewd or lascivious exhibition. We reject Guzman’s argument that the trial court erred in sustaining the State’s objection to the defense peremptory challenge to a female juror. The court’s determination that the defense explanation for the peremptory challenge was a pretext was not clearly erroneous. See Jeffries v. State, 797 So.2d 573, 580 (Fla.2001); Melbourne v. State, 679 So.2d 759, 764-65 (Fla.1996). We accept the State’s concession that the judgment must be corrected to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jeffries v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  2. Ellis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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