Huggins v. State

Florida Circuit Courts

Huggins v. State

41 Fla. Supp. 2d 1

CourtCircuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida

DecidedApril 4, 1990

DocketCase No. 89-1816-AC (County Court Case No. 89-1109-MM)

StatusPublished

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Huggins v. State, 41 Fla. Supp. 2d 1 (Fla. Super. Ct. 1990).

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OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM

The trial court has broad discretion to determine whether preemptory challenges are racially motivated. State v Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.), cert. denied, 108 S.Ct. 2873 (1988). “In trying to achieve the delicate balance between eliminating racial prejudice and the right to exercise preemptory challenges, we must necessarily rely on the inherent fairness and color blindness of our trial judges who are on the scene and who themselves get a ‘feet’ for what is going on in the jury selection process.” Reed v State, 15 FLW (Fla. March 1, 1990). We [2]*2cannot say the trial judge abused his discretion in finding the state’s challenge of a black juror was supporting by racially neutral reasons.

AFFIRMED.

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OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM

The trial court has broad discretion to determine whether preemptory challenges are racially motivated. State v Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.), cert. denied, 108 S.Ct. 2873 (1988). “In trying to achieve the delicate balance between eliminating racial prejudice and the right to exercise preemptory challenges, we must necessarily rely on the inherent fairness and color blindness of our trial judges who are on the scene and who themselves get a ‘feet’ for what is going on in the jury selection process.” Reed v State, 15 FLW (Fla. March 1, 1990). We [2]*2cannot say the trial judge abused his discretion in finding the state’s challenge of a black juror was supporting by racially neutral reasons.

AFFIRMED.

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