Supreme Court of Florida

Lucious Boyd, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; Lucious Boyd, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones — Lewis, J…

December 17, 2015200 So. 3d 685

Summary

Justice Lewis, concurring in the result, argues that a jury that includes a convicted felon is structurally defective and therefore the verdict should be deemed invalid. He maintains that the proper inquiry is whether the jury was properly composed under Fla. Stat. §40.013(1), not whether actual bias was shown, and urges the Legislature to provide a specific remedial scheme.