Case Name: Jerry Joe COOK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-07-20
Citations: 548 So. 2d 257
Docket Number: No. 88-999
Parties: Jerry Joe COOK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 548
Pages: 257–258

Head Matter:
Jerry Joe COOK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 88-999.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 20, 1989.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 6, 1989.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Barbara L. Condon, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and W. Brian Bayly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
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 that 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 been preserved. At trial Cook merely made a general objection to the use of the screen, without giving any basis for his objection. In order to preserve this type of challange a specific objection at trial is required. Gibson v. State, 533 So.2d 338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).
The appellant's other points on appeal are without merit.
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH, J., concurs.
COWART, J., dissents with opinion.