ALVAREZ v. STATE

No. 4D00-4671.

827 So.2d 269 (2002)

Guadalupe ALVAREZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Iva Oza, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


EN BANC

WARNER, J.

Appellant challenges his sentence following revocation of community control on the ground that the court erred in closing the courtroom during his revocation hearing pursuant to section 918.16, Florida Statutes (2000). We affirm because appellant's failure to object to the closure waived his right to a public trial. In doing so, we recede from Williams v. State, 736 So.2d 699 (Fla. 4th...

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