Morrison v. State

Michael Anthony Morrison appeals his convictions of multiple crimes. We reject his claim that the State exercised a race-based peremptory challenge because (1) this objection was not renewed at the conclusion of jury selection. See Joiner v. State, 618 So.2d 174, 176 (Fla.1993); Portela v. State, 661 So.2d 932 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Cruz v. State, 660 So.2d 792 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); see also Milstein v. Mutual Security Life Ins. Co., 705 So.2d 639, 640 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998).(2) The argument defendant-appellant now advances on appeal was not presented to the trial judge. See Fotopoulos v. State, 608…