EXZAVIOUS K. DANIELS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 4th DCA | 2026-10-28
No. 2025-2470
Rowe, J., Ciklin, J., Lott, J., Carbuccia, A.J.
2026 FL 14490 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2026)

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Holding

Florida's use of six-member juries in criminal cases does not violate the Sixth Amendment or Florida law.


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Exzavious K. Daniels appealed a conviction from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, challenging the use of a si…

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

EXZAVIOUS K. DANIELS, Appellant,

V.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-2470

[October 28, 2026]

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Cymonie S. Rowe, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502023CF010814AXXXMB.

Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Summer Hill, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Chambers Valuntas, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Guzman v. State, 350 So. 3d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022), rev. denied, No. SC22-1597, 2023 WL 3830251 (Fla. June 6, 2023); Cunningham v. Florida, 144 S. Ct. 1287 (2024) (denying petition for writ of certiorari challenging Florida's use of six-member juries). But see Kian v. State, 421 So. 3d 439 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025), cert. granted, 146 S. Ct. 2732 (2026).

CIKLIN and LOTT, JJ., and CARBUCCIA, ELAINE A., Associate Judge, concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.


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