Opinion ID: 1615154
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Peremptories

Text: Victorino contends the trial court violated his right to a fair and impartial jury by denying his request for additional peremptory challenges. The trial court granted the State a total of thirty peremptory challenges and gave ten peremptory challenges each to Victorino, Salas, and Hunter. The trial court's allocation of peremptory challenges complied fully with the requirements of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.350 that ten peremptory challenges are allowed if the offense charged is punishable by death or imprisonment for life, rule 3.350(a)(1), and that where 2 or more defendants are jointly tried ... the state shall be allowed as many challenges as are allowed to all of the defendants, rule 3.350(b). See also § 913.08, Fla. Stat. (2005). Victorino does not argue based on the multiple counts charged against him that extenuating circumstances warranted granting him additional challenges pursuant to rule 3.350(c). And he has failed to make any showing that the trial court abused its discretion under rule 3.350(e), which provides that [t]he trial judge may exercise discretion to allow additional peremptory challenges when appropriate. Victorino has not demonstrated any error and accordingly is entitled to no relief.