PERI v. STATE

No. 81-2107.

426 So.2d 1021 (1983)

Robert PERI, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Carl L. Masztal, Gerald Hubbart, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Steven R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ., and WOODROW M. MELVIN (Ret.), Associate Judge.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The questions presented by this case, ones of first impression in this state,1 are whether a judge presiding in a criminal case may order, over the defendant's objection, that a portion of the voir dire of prospective jurors be conducted in the judge's absence; and, if not, does the judge's absence during this stage of the trial require reversal of the defendant's convictions where the defendant makes no showing...

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