BROOKS v. STATE

No. 85-1533.

497 So.2d 933 (1986)

Robert Willis BROOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Michael S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sean Daly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a manslaughter conviction. On appeal is the judge's refusal to sequester the jury overnight after it had begun its deliberations. The court denied the timely sequestration request of appellant.

The issue here is virtually the same as in Taylor v. State, 481 So.2d 970 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986), so on that authority we affirm1 the conviction and certify...

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