Opinion
No. 1D19-4470
07-21-2020
Joseph A. GORMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Joseph A. Gorman, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Joseph A. Gorman, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Per Curiam.
AFFIRMED. See Fla. R. Evid. § 90.616(1) ("At the request of a party the court shall order, or upon its own motion the court may order, witnesses excluded from a proceeding so that they cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses ...." (emphasis supplied)); Chamberlain v. State , 881 So. 2d 1087, 1099–1100 (Fla. 2004) (holding that a prosecutor did not violate the rule of sequestration when he met with a detective during a break and discussed his potential testimony on recall, while the detective was still under oath; noting that there was no indication that the detective "remained in the courtroom during the testimony of another witness, or that [he] discussed his testimony with another witness").
Rowe, Makar, and Tanenbaum, JJ., concur.