Case Name: James Darrell McCANTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-09-16
Citations: 210 So. 3d 130
Docket Number: No. 2D15-329
Parties: James Darrell McCANTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WALLACE, KHOUZAM, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 210
Pages: 130–130

Head Matter:
James Darrell McCANTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D15-329.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Sept. 16, 2016.
Michael G. Fink of Mike Fink Law Firm, Fort Myers, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Bilal A. Faruqui, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons set forth in Ivy v. State, 196 So.3d 394, (Fla. 2d DCA 2016), we affirm. Again, we certify the following question of great public importance to the supreme court:
DURING A MELBOURNE V. STATE, 679 So.2d 759, 763 (Fla.1996), HEARING, WHEN A TRIAL COURT FINDS THAT THE PROPONENT'S REASON FOR A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE IS FACIALLY NEUTRAL, IS IT THE BURDEN OF THE OPPONENT (1) TO CLAIM THE REASON IS A PRETEXT, (2) TO PLACE INTO THE RECORD THE CIRCUMSTANCES SUPPORTING ITS POSITION, AND (3) TO OBJECT IF THE TRIAL COURT'S RULING DOES NOT CONTAIN ADEQUATE FINDINGS ON THE ISSUE OF GENUINENESS?
Affirmed; question certified.
WALLACE, KHOUZAM, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.