Opinion
Case No. 3D00-740
Opinion filed August 8, 2001. Rehearing Denied August 29, 2001.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Leslie B. Rothenberg, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 97-9178.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Frank J. Ingrassia, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before FLETCHER, SORONDO, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Affirmed. See Bolin v. State, 736 So.2d 1160, 1166 (Fla. 1999) ("[T]he decision as to individual and sequestered voir dire is a discretionary decision for the trial judge."); See also Way v. State, 774 So.2d 896 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Salas v. State, 544 So.2d 1040 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).See also Robinson v. State, 438 So.2d 8, 9 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983) (addressing the procedure to be followed when a claim of potentially prejudicial publicity arises after the jury has been selected); Bullard v. State, 324 So.2d 652 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976).