PATRICK HUFF
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Partial courtroom closure pursuant to section 918.16(2), Florida Statutes, complies with the Waller test for constitutional closure of criminal proceedings.
[1] Partial courtroom closure pursuant to Florida Statute section 918.16(2) satisfies the constitutional requirements established in Waller v. …
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
PATRICK HUFF, Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
No. 4D19-3750
[March 3, 2021]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Charles
A.
Schwab, Judge;
L.T.
Case No. 562017CF000792A.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez- Orosa, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Kovaleski v. State, 103 So. 3d 859, 861 (Fla. 2012) (holding that partial courtroom closure pursuant to section 918.16(2), Fla. Stat., complied with the Waller test) (citing Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 48, 104 S.Ct. 2210, 81 L.Ed.2d 31 (1984)).
LEVINE, C.J., GROSS and ARTAU, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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- Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (U.S. 1984)
- Kovaleski v. State, 103 So. 3d 859 (Fla. 2012)