Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed March 10, 2021.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D19-2465
Lower Tribunal No. F17-3115C
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Ladonna Florence,
Appellant,
vs.
The State of Florida,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jose L.
Fernandez, Judge.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Susan S. Lerner, Assistant
Public Defender, for appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and David Llanes, Assistant Attorney
General, for appellee.
Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Siegel v. State,
68 So. 3d 281, 286 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)
(“A trial court’s rulings on the propriety of peremptory challenges are
reviewed under the abuse of discretion standard.”); Washington v. State,
773
So. 2d 1202, 1204 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) (recognizing that “a juror’s unfriendly
or hostile tone while answering questions” is a facially race neutral reason
for the exercise of a peremptory strike because it is not based on race); see
also Infantes v. State,
941 So. 2d 432, 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (concluding
the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the State to pose
unrelated hypothetical scenarios to the prospective jurors to determine
whether the prospective jurors could correctly apply the law).
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