Maria Noemi Biorggio v. State of Florida

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT MARIA NOEMI BIORGGIO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D2025-1130 [November 12, 2026] Appeal from the County Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Lourdes Casanova and Stephanie F. Tew, Judges; L.T. Case No. 502023CT021208AXXXMB. Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah Koenig, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Melbourne v. State, 679 So. 2d 759, 764 (Fla. 1996) (“Throughout this process, the burden of persuasion never leaves the opponent of the strike to prove purposeful racial discrimination.”); Henfield El v. State, 308 So. 3d 202, 204 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (holding that “a sufficient record” would enable the appellate court “to conclusively identify the racial make-up of the venire, prior strikes exercised against the racial group of the challenged juror, or whether the reason proffered for the strike . . . was equally applicable to unchallenged jurors.”). FORST, KLINGENSMITH, JJ., and NORMAN, ANASTASIA M., Associate Judge, concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.