Case Name: Malcolm Bernard WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-07-07
Citations: 639 So. 2d 614
Docket Number: No. 82811
Parties: Malcolm Bernard WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: GRIMES, C.J., OVERTON, SHAW and KOGAN, JJ., and MeDONALD, Senior Justice, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 639
Pages: 614–615

Head Matter:
Malcolm Bernard WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 82811.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 7, 1994.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Kathleen Stover, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Tallahassee Criminal Appeals and Bradley R. Bischoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
HARDING, Justice.
We review Williams v. State, 627 So.2d 524 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). The basis for our jurisdiction lies in the fact that the district court of appeal rendered a per curiam decision and, following a motion for rehearing or clarification, indicated its reliance on Rock v. State, 622 So.2d 487 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). This court subsequently accepted Rock for review. 632 So.2d 1027 (Fla.1994). Thus, we have jurisdiction based on article V, § 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution. See also Jollie v. State, 405 So.2d 418 (1981).
We have since decided that absent a showing of actual conflict or specific prejudice, a consolidated (or multiple) jury selection process does not deny a defendant effective assistance of counsel. Rock v. State, 638 So.2d 933 (Fla.1994). In the instant case, Williams' trial counsel made only general objections to the jury selection process and accepted the jury ultimately chosen without objection. Thus, there was no showing of actual conflict or specific prejudice.
Accordingly, we approve the district court's opinion in Williams.
It is so ordered.
GRIMES, C.J., OVERTON, SHAW and KOGAN, JJ., and MeDONALD, Senior Justice, concur.