Joseph A. Gorman v. State of Florida

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D19-4470 _____________________________ JOSEPH A. GORMAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County. Brantley S. Clark, Jr., Judge. July 21, 2020 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. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Joseph A. Gorman, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. 2