ADAMS

v.

COOMBE, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

Citator

Cited By

• Hudson v. State, 708 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 1998)
  …01 So. 2d 845 (Fla.1997), in which we [*263] held that a defendant does not have a constitutional right to be present at bench conferences involving purely legal matters. Id. at 850 (citing Coney v. State, 653 So. 2d 1009, 1013 (Fla.), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 921, 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995), and Hardwick v. Dugger, 648 So. 2d 100 (Fla.1994)). The record reflects that these conferences involved purely legal issues and Hudson’s presence would not have aided counsel. This claim is also procedurally b…
• Carmichael v. State, 715 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 1998)
  …'this conclusion on one of its earlier decisions, Ganyard v. State, 686 So. 2d 1361 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), wherein the court certified the following question to be of great public importance: DOES CONEY v. STATE, 653 So. 2d 1009 (Fla.), CERT. DENIED, 516 U.S. 921, 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995), PROVIDE A BASIS FOR REVERSAL OF A CONVICTION WHEN THE DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL EXERCISED NO PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES? [*252] Id. at 1362-63. In Ganyard v. State, 705 So. 2d 567 (Fla.1998), this Court declined to answe…
• Smiley v. State, 704 So. 2d 191 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)
  …t Smiley was sentenced to 67 months in prison, to he followed by 9 years of probation. The first issue involves jury selection, which, in the case at bar, occurred after April 27, 1995, ie., after Coney v. State, 653 So. 2d 1009 (Fla.), cert. den., 516 U.S. 921, 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995), became “final.” State v. Mejia, 696 So. 2d 339, 340 (Fla.1997). Although a defendant “has a right to be physically present at the immediate site where pretrial juror challenges are exercised,” in situations…