Rollins v. State, 462 So. 2d 610

PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the same issue as that framed in Neil v. ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍State, 433 So.2d 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), wherein this court certified to the Supreme Court of Florida the following question of great public importance:

Absent the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍criteria established in Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202, 85 S.Ct. 824, 13 L.Ed.2d 759 (1965), may a party be required to state the basis for the exercise ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍of a peremptory challenge?

The certified question has been resolved in State v. Neil, 457 So.2d 481 (Fla.1984). Applying to this record the test announced by the ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍Florida supreme court, we conclude that no reversible error has been demonstrated.

We have considered the other issues raised by the appellant and find them ‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‍to be without merit.

The convictions and sentences entered thereon are accordingly affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Rollins v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Jan 29, 1985

Citations: 462 So. 2d 610; 10 Fla. L. Weekly 268; 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12110; No. 80-1039

Docket Number: No. 80-1039

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.