Case Name: Eva RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-10-11
Citations: 438 So. 2d 976
Docket Number: No. 82-857
Parties: Eva RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 976–976

Head Matter:
Eva RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-857.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 11, 1983.
Entin, Schwartz, Dion & Sclafani, Miami, and Spencer D. Levine, North Miami Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm defendant Eva Ramirez's convictions and the sentences entered thereon upon a holding that a defendant who voluntarily absents herself during the course of the trial proceedings cannot later be heard to complain, without a proper and timely objection during the course of the proceedings, of procedural irregularity. See Clark v. State, 363 So.2d 331 (Fla.1978); State v. Melendez, 244 So.2d 137 (Fla.1971); Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.180(a), (b).
Affirmed.