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3rd DCA ROUNDUP

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

UPDATE JOEL BROWN SWORN IN AS CHIEF JUDGE TODAY!!!Someone screwed up and we didn't get our invitation. Nevertheless the theme of his speech "We're not Broward" *  was quite a hit we hear.It's hot out. Nobody wants to work. Seems like a good time for our 3rd DCA round-up:Echevarria v. State: That sound you hear are the nails being driven into the appellate issues over preemptory strikes by the 3rd DCA in this short, sweet, and decidedly state oriented opinion:Affirmed. See Knight v. State, 919 So. 2d 628, 632 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (?A trial court?s determination that a peremptory strike is genuine, rather than pretextual, ?will be affirmed on appeal unless clearly erroneous.?? (quoting Melborune v. State, 679 So. 2d 759, 764-65 (Fla. 1996)))...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).