Abdul Raheem Gray v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 14, 2026
Docket4D2025-3034
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
ABDUL RAHEEM GRAY,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 4D2025-3034
[October 14, 2026]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm
Beach County; James Nutt, Judge; L.T. Case No.
502024CF001808AXXXMB.
Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, and Benjamin Nathaniel Paley,
Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary Elizabeth
Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
This appeal follows the defendant’s convictions for Fleeing or
Attempting to Elude Marked Police Car (Count I) and Driving While License
Canceled, Suspended, or Revoked (Count II) following a bifurcated jury
trial. The defendant raises four issues on appeal. We affirm the circuit
court’s use of a six-person jury given long-standing precedent. 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, No. SC25-6623, 2026 WL 1718018
(June 15, 2026). We affirm all other issues without discussion.
Affirmed.
FORST, SHEPHERD and SHAW, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.
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