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CAMPBELL-ELEY v. STATE

No. 4D99-1016.

756 So.2d 1043 (2000)

Christine CAMPBELL-ELEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Sophia Letts, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

STONE, J.

We reverse Campbell-Eley's conviction for third-degree murder and remand for a new trial.1 The failure to allow any members of the public, including family members, into the courtroom during jury selection deprived Campbell-Eley of her right to a public trial, guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Federal Constitution and by article I, section 16 of the Florida Constitution.

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