DEFRANCISCO v. STATE

No. 2D00-5317.

830 So.2d 131 (2002)

Danny DEFRANCISCO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Allyn M. Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

After a jury convicted Danny Defrancisco of attempting to purchase cocaine, he learned that some jurors had alleged that another engaged in misconduct. He filed a motion for permission to speak to the jurors or, alternatively, for the court to interview them. The court denied his motion, and he challenges that denial on appeal. We reverse.

Judge Charles Brown presided over Defrancisco's trial. Shortly after the trial ended, three of the jurors...

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