HERNANDEZ v. STATE

Nos. 4D19-1413, 4D19-1428.

277 So.3d 137 (2019)

Franchy LOPEZ HERNANDEZ and Generoso Banos, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Finkelstein , Public Defender, and Gustavo Martinez , Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Georgina Jimenez-Orosa , and Joseph D. Coronato, Jr. , Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


Franchy Lopez Hernandez and Generoso Banos filed petitions for writs of mandamus seeking to compel the trial court to accept their written waivers of appearance for calendar call hearings.

We grant the petitions because the trial court did not specifically articulate why their presence was mandatory or what value would occur by requiring...

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