Clausell v. State

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Clausell appeals from his convictions after a jury trial of various crimes involved in the armed robbery of a jewelry salesman, Guillermo Gutierrez, which occurred at his apartment in Miami on January 30, 1987. For the most part we affirm, but we remand for a hearing on the limited issue of an alleged improper contact between the jury and the bailiff.

I

Of the substantive contentions raised by Clausell, we find that none have merit and only one — which claims that a yellow jacket worn by the defendant’s accomplice was the subject of an improper search and seizure from…