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BRITO v. STATE

Nos. 82-2332, 82-2337.

454 So.2d 66 (1984)

Eloy BRITO, Jorge Castellon & Norberto Gonzalez, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Brummer, Public Defender and James D. Keegan and Stuart H. Gitlitz and Julio E. Jiminez, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, John H. Lipinski, Miami, for appellants.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calianne P. Lantz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court denied the defendants the opportunity to be present in the courtroom when it examined a court witness, notwithstanding the fact that counsel for the defendants had requested their presence and the state had indicated no objection.1

We find this error. Francis v. State, 413 So.2d 1175 (Fla. 1982); State v. Basiliere, 353 So.2d 820

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