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Sigmon v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 7, 1994
641 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 1994)

Opinion

No. 82239.

June 9, 1994. Rehearing Denied September 7, 1994.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Great Public Importance, First District — Case No. 90-03637 Duval County.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief and Amelia L. Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.


We review Sigmon v. State, 622 So.2d 57 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993), based on a certified question. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

We recently resolved this issue in Feller v. State, 637 So.2d 911 (Fla. 1994), where we found that a trial court does not commit fundamental error when it fails to make the findings required by section 92.53, Florida Statutes (1989), prior to allowing a child witness to testify by means of videotape. On authority of Feller we approve the decision under review. See also Hopkins v. State, 632 So.2d 1372 (Fla. 1994) (finding no fundamental error in failure to make findings required by section 92.54 before allowing child witness to testify by closed circuit television).

It is so ordered.

GRIMES, C.J., OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., and McDONALD, Senior Justice, concur.


Summaries of

Sigmon v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Sep 7, 1994
641 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 1994)
Case details for

Sigmon v. State

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY SIGMON, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Sep 7, 1994

Citations

641 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 1994)