Knight v. State

Decision Date25 October 1990
Citation574 So.2d 141
PartiesKnight (Robert) v. State NO. 76,084
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Appeal From: 1st DCA

559 So.2d 327

Rev. den.

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7 cases
  • Alen v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • March 3, 1992
    ... ... 3-4 (juror with family members who had been prosecuted, in prison and/or represented by the public defender's office); Stephens v. State, 559 So.2d at 690 (one juror had a criminal record; another juror had previously been arrested on the same charge as defendant); Knight v. State, 559 So.2d 327 (Fla. 1st DCA) (juror had felony conviction record and had recently been prosecuted by the local prosecutor's office), rev. denied, 574 So.2d 141 (Fla.1990); Thomas v. State, 502 So.2d 994 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987) (one juror had a close relative charged with murder, which trial ... ...
  • Files v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • August 30, 1991
    ... ...         See also Knight v. State, 559 So.2d 327, 328 (Fla. 1st DCA), review dismissed, 574 So.2d 141 (Fla.1990) ...         In Reynolds v. State, 576 So.2d 1300 (Fla.1991), the court noted: ... Reed vests significant discretion in the trial court on Neil issues by requiring appellate courts to show deference ... ...
  • Files v. State
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • December 10, 1992
    ... ... Roundtree v. State, 546 So.2d 1042 (Fla.1989); Tillman v. State, 522 So.2d 14 (Fla.1988); Stephens v. State, 559 So.2d 687 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), approved on other grounds, 572 So.2d 1387 (Fla.1991); Knight [v. State, 559 So.2d 327] (Fla. 1st DCA), review dismissed, 574 So.2d 141 (Fla.1990) ...         Files, 586 So.2d at 356 (footnote omitted) ...         As to the second prospective juror, Files had not only challenged the reasons offered for that juror's excusal, but also claimed ... ...
  • Plaza v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • September 10, 1997
    ... ... --------------- ... 1 The court was referring here by name to one of the challenged female jurors ... 2 Miller v. State, 605 So.2d 492 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 613 So.2d 7 (Fla.1993); Knight v. State, 559 So.2d 327 (Fla. 1st DCA),rev. denied, 574 So.2d 141 (Fla.1990) ... 3 Once the proponent of the peremptory challenge articulates a valid gender-neutral reason I see no problem with the trial judge perfecting the record by articulating other valid reasons in the record which the judge ... ...
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