Kayle B. Bates v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2023-1683 ____________ KAYLE B. BATES, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. October 24, 2024 COURIEL, J. Kayle Barrington Bates appeals an order of the postconviction court denying his motion, made under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.575, to interview a juror who served at his trial in 1983. Bates claims to have learned at some unspecified time (but years after his conviction) that the juror is the second cousin of a person who was married to the victim’s sister. We have jurisdiction. 1 See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. Bates’s…