Oakley v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledSeptember 9, 2026
Docket2D2025-1120
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
KEMAR KASIO OAKLEY,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 2D2025-1120
September 9, 2026
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Kimberly K.
Fernandez, Judge.
Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and
Allison C. Heim, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
A six-person jury found Kemar Kasio Oakley guilty of armed
robbery with great bodily harm (Count I), aggravated battery with great
bodily harm (Count II), felon in possession of a firearm (Count IV), and
carrying a concealed firearm (Count V). The trial court sentenced Mr.
Oakley to concurrent mandatory minimum terms of thirty-five years in
prison on Counts I and II, fifteen years in prison with a three-year
mandatory minimum on Count IV, and five years in prison on Count V.
We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.030(b)(1)(A). He
presents two issues.
First, Mr. Oakley contends that the trial court erred in allowing
three State witnesses to identify him on surveillance footage because the
witnesses were in no better position than the jurors to do so, and their
testimony invaded the province of the jury. We are unpersuaded.
Second, he asserts that his conviction by a six-person jury violates the
Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He
maintains that this constitutes fundamental error. Under current
precedent, Mr. Oakley's conviction by a six-person jury was
constitutionally appropriate. 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); Petition for Writ of Certiorari 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, 2026 WL
1718018 (U.S. June 15, 2026) (No. 25-6623).
Affirmed.
SILBERMAN, LaROSE, and GUARD, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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