Abdul Raheem Gray v. State of Florida

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D ISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL O F T HE STATE OF F LORIDA
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.
P ER 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 , S HEPHERD and SHAW , JJ., concur.
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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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