Bell v. State of Florida

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT DEMITRIUS TYRONE BELL, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 2D2025-1110 October 30, 2026 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Teresa Kaklis Dees, Judge. Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Jonah Dickstein, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison C. Heim, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78, 86 (1970); see also Serrano-Delgado v. State, 392 So. 3d 251, 253-54 (Fla. 2d DCA 2024). But see Kian v. Florida, 421 So. 3d 439 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025) (table decision); Pet. for Writ of Cert. at ii, Kian v. Florida, No. 25-6623 (U.S. Jan. 9, 2026) (presenting the Court with the question of whether petitioner "was derived [sic] of his right, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, to a trial by a 12 person jury when the defendant is charged with a serious felony"), cert. granted, 146 S. Ct. 2732 (2026). LaROSE, KHOUZAM, and BLACK, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication. 2