Legal Opinion

Reppert v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 16, 2012No. 2D11-537Published

1Opinion of the Court

VILLANTI, Judge.

Adam Lee Reppert seeks review of his conviction and sentence for fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer at high speed, raising two grounds for reversal. We affirm on both grounds, but we write to explain our reasoning on one of the grounds.

On the first day of Reppert’s trial, early in jury selection, the court explained the presumption of innocence to the venire and asked whether any of the prospective ju*526rors disagreed with that concept. One of the prospective jurors responded that he would be wondering during trial what Rep-pert had been doing for the past year and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. Larry Jones and Douglas NisbetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Bauta v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Wilding v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. State v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Brower v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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