ELLIS v. STATE

No. 3D13-1157.

152 So.3d 683 (2014)

Adrian ELLIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Robert Kalter , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and EMAS and LOGUE, JJ.


Adrian Ellis appeals his conviction and sentence for first-degree murder. At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in the manner in which it conducted its Melbourne1 inquiry upon the State's peremptory challenges of two African-American members of the venire. For the reasons that follow...

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