arcane maze of reversible error in Florida

2012As stated in Melbourne v. State, 679 So.2d at 765 , “[t]he right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense.” The State’s reasons for striking the potential juror in this case were determined by the trial court to be race-neutral.

2010"The right to an impartial jury ... is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense." Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 .

2009“There are no specific words which the court must state to satisfy step three of the Melbourne analysis.” Sim mons v. State, 940 So.2d 580, 582 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (citing Bowden v. State, 787 So.2d 185, 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)); see also Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 (“The right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense.”); Fleming v. State, 825 So.2d 1027, 1029 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

2009"There are no specific words which the court must state to satisfy step three of the Melbourne analysis." Simmons *1120 v. State, 940 So.2d 580, 582 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (citing Bowden v. State, 787 So.2d 185, 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)); see also Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 ("The right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense."); Fleming v. State, 825 So.2d 1027, 1029 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

2009“There are no specific words which the court must state to satisfy step three of the Melbourne analysis.” Sim mons v. State, 940 So.2d 580, 582 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (citing Bowden v. State, 787 So.2d 185, 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)); see also Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 (“The right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense.”); Fleming v. State, 825 So.2d 1027, 1029 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

2009"There are no specific words which the court must state to satisfy step three of the Melbourne analysis." Simmons *1120 v. State, 940 So.2d 580, 582 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (citing Bowden v. State, 787 So.2d 185, 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)); see also Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 ("The right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense."); Fleming v. State, 825 So.2d 1027, 1029 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

2009Rather, the most important consideration is that the trial judge actually “believes that given all the circumstances surrounding the strike, the explanation is not a pretext.” Rodriguez v. State, 753 So.2d 29, 40 (Fla.2000).

2009Rather, the most important consideration is that the trial judge actually "believes that given all the circumstances surrounding the strike, the explanation is not a pretext." Rodriguez v. State, 753 So.2d 29, 40 (Fla.2000).

2009“There are no specific words which the court must state to satisfy step three of the Melbourne analysis.” Sim mons v. State, 940 So.2d 580, 582 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (citing Bowden v. State, 787 So.2d 185, 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)); see also Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 (“The right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense.”); Fleming v. State, 825 So.2d 1027, 1029 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

2009"There are no specific words which the court must state to satisfy step three of the Melbourne analysis." Simmons *1120 v. State, 940 So.2d 580, 582 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (citing Bowden v. State, 787 So.2d 185, 188 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)); see also Melbourne, 679 So.2d at 765 ("The right to an impartial jury guaranteed by article I, section 16, is best safeguarded not by an arcane maze of reversible error traps, but by reason and common sense."); Fleming v. State, 825 So.2d 1027, 1029 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

2001The Court receded from State v. Slappy, 522 So.2d 18 (Fla.), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1219 , 108 S.Ct. 2873 , 101 L.Ed.2d 909 *189 (1988), and its progeny to the extent that they required a "reasonable" rather than a "genuine" nonracial basis for a peremptory strike. 679 So.2d at 765 .