Schiffer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 463 So. 2d 1139 - Green v. State · 478 So. 2d 22 - State v. Hicks · Williams v. State · Jacobs v. State · State v. Nickerson
Most-quoted passages
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“Appellant was in jail at the time of sentencing. His attorney and the sentencing judge were in the courtroom. Communication was accomplished through closed-circuit television. Such an arrangement is not authorized by rule or statute and is consequently fatally and fundamentally flawed. Rule 3.180(a)(9), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, provides that a defendant shall be present at the pronouncement of judgment and the imposition of sentence. This is essential to permit the defendant to confer with his counsel privately and to have the benefit of his advice. Further, the rules specifically permit communication by way of audiovisual video camera at first appearances and at the arraignment stage of proceedings. Fla. R.Crim.P. 3.130(a) and 3.160(a). Failure to include sentencing as an exception to the "personally present" requirement cannot be deemed mere oversight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. RR v. Portesy
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