Holmes v. State

Rodney Holmes appeals his convictions and sentences in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court case number 01-18524 (“the 2001 case”) and his revocation of probation in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court case number 98-28785 (“the 1998 case”). We affirm.

*351In the 2001 case, defendant-appellant Holmes argues that the trial court abused its discretion in granting a thirteen-day delay between the first and second day of voir dire examination of the prospective jurors. He argues that such a delay is impermissible under this court’s decision in McDermott v. State, 383 So.2d 712 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).

The defendant…