Brooks v. State

DAUKSCH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a manslaughter conviction. On appeal is the judge’s refusal to sequester the jury overnight after it had begun its deliberations. The court denied the timely sequestration request of appellant.

The issue here is virtually the same as in Taylor v. State, 481 So.2d 970 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986), so on that authority we affirm1 the conviction and certify the same question of great public importance which we certified in Taylor, viz:

After submission of the cause to the jury for deliberations in the trial of a non-capital case, is it reversible error per se for a…