Paul Ortiz v. State

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2011 PAUL CHRISTOPHER ORTIZ, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D10-2498 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed June 3, 2011 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Timothy Shea, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Smith v. State, 36 Fla. L. Weekly S99 (Fla. March 17, 2011), (juror's surname, without more, is insufficient to trigger inquiry as to whether strike was exercised for discriminatory reason); Carratelli v. State, 961 So. 2d 312, 318 (Fla. 2007) (preservation of challenge to potential juror requires more than one objection; when trial court denies or grants peremptory challenge, objecting party must renew and reserve objection before jury is sworn). SAWAYA, TORPY and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

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