HACKMAN v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

No. 93-03203.

632 So.2d 84 (1993)

Paul E. HACKMAN and Linette Hackman, Petitioners, v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a Municipal Corporation, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Dillinger, St. Petersburg, for petitioners.

Michael S. Davis, City Atty., and Pamela D. Cichon, Asst. City Atty., St. Petersburg, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

In this certiorari proceeding, we review an order permitting a jury interview. We grant relief and quash the order.

The respondent contends that the jury may have overheard statements made by the judge from the bench while the jury was seated in the jury room and also when seated in the jury box. The motion to interview and supporting affidavits are speculative at best. As such, they fail to establish a legally sufficient reason to interview the...

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