Legal Opinion

Cook v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 20, 1989No. 88-999PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GOSHORN, Judge.

The 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.

At 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).

This issue has not…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Coy v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Gibson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. O'Brien v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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