Supreme Court of Florida April 5, 2012, No. SC10-2104 (Hayes v. State)

lead-opinion

PARIENTE, J.

Peremptory challenges during jury selection are once again the subject of this Court’s review. More specifically, we address the misapplication by both the trial court and the First District Court of Appeal in Hayes v. State, 45 So.3d 99 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), of the procedure this Court set forth in Melbourne v. State, 679 So.2d 759 (Fla.