context: Although Juror 36 was candid about her personal concerns, we conclude that she unequivocally and repeatedly indicated that she would endeavor to be a fair and impartial juror. Her responses are distinguishable from those cases in which this Court has found error in the denial of cause challenges to jurors who repeatedly expressed a lack of impartiality or inability to follow the law.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 189 So.3d 296, 301
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that jurors who expressed residual doubt about the defendant's right to silence should have been dismissed for cause
citation_a.sentence: See Matarranz, 133 So.3d at 477-81, 485-88 (juror repeatedly indicated that she harbored a bias against criminal defendants because she,had previously been the victim of a burglary); Kop-sho, 959 So.2d at 170-72 (juror believed that defendant should testify on his own behalf and expressed disagreement with the right to silence); Overton v. State, 801 So.2d 877, 890-93 (Fla. 2001) (finding error in denying cause challenge to one juror who emphatically believed that the defendant’s failure to testify indicated guilt); see also Welch v. State, 189 So.3d 296, 301 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) (holding that jurors who expressed residual doubt about the defendant’s right to silence should have been dismissed for cause).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 133 So.3d 477, 477-81, 485-88
citation_b.parenthetical: juror repeatedly indicated that she harbored a bias against criminal defendants because she,had previously been the victim of a burglary
citation_b.sentence: See Matarranz, 133 So.3d at 477-81, 485-88 (juror repeatedly indicated that she harbored a bias against criminal defendants because she,had previously been the victim of a burglary); Kop-sho, 959 So.2d at 170-72 (juror believed that defendant should testify on his own behalf and expressed disagreement with the right to silence); Overton v. State, 801 So.2d 877, 890-93 (Fla. 2001) (finding error in denying cause challenge to one juror who emphatically believed that the defendant’s failure to testify indicated guilt); see also Welch v. State, 189 So.3d 296, 301 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016) (holding that jurors who expressed residual doubt about the defendant’s right to silence should have been dismissed for cause).