Lopez v. State

Anthony Lopez appeals the final judgment and sentence after he was adjudicated guilty of robbery with a firearm and sentenced as a habitual violent felony offender. We affirm, but remand to correct a scrivener’s error.

Lopez contends that he is entitled to a new trial based on the trial court’s failure to determine if he knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to be present at the bench where pretrial juror challenges were exercised in accordance with Coney v. State, 653 So.2d 1009 (Fla.1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 921, 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995). Lopez was tried on September 11…