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548 So. 2d 257

548 So.2d 257

14 Fla.L.Weekly 1722

Cook v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1989-07-20

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently August 1989

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Relies on Coy v. Iowa · 533 So. 2d 338 - Gibson v. State

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Decided 1989-07-20

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GOSHORN, Judge.

¶1The appellant, Jerry Joe Cook, was charged with four counts of lewd and lascivious assault in the presence of a child under the age of sixteen. Section 800.-04(3), Fla.Stat. (1987). The jury convicted him on two counts as charged and two counts of the lesser included offense of attempt. We affirm.

¶2At the trial, as each child victim testified, a screen was placed between the witness and the defendant. On appeal Cook argues *258that this violated his confrontation rights under the Sixth Amendment, citing Coy v. Iowa, — U.S. —, 108 S.Ct. 2798, 101 L.Ed.2d 857 (1988).

¶3This issue has not been preserved. At trial Cook merely made a general objection to the use of the screen, without giving any basis for his objection. In order to preserve this type of challange a specific objection at trial is required. Gibson v. State, 533 So.2d 338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

¶4The appellant’s other points on appeal are without merit.

¶5AFFIRMED.

DAUKSCH, J., concurs.COWART, J., dissents with opinion.
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