Case Name: William NORMILE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-08-12
Citations: 511 So. 2d 429
Docket Number: No. 4-86-0763
Parties: William NORMILE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LETTS and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 511
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
William NORMILE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4-86-0763.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 12, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 9, 1987.
Harry Gulkin of Harry Gulkin, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carolyn V. McCann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an unusual case, in that it involved a recess, unavoidably caused by the illness of the trial judge, of some two weeks after the evidence was closed, until the case resumed with arguments of counsel and instructions to the jury. We believe the concerns expressed by the supreme court in Livingston v. State, 458 So.2d 235 (Fla.1984) concerning the separation of jurors after deliberations have begun apply here as well, and that appellant's motion for mistrial should have been granted. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
LETTS and DELL, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.