Case Name: Frances Rebecca NASH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-09-19
Citations: 363 So. 2d 147
Docket Number: No. 77-2116
Parties: Frances Rebecca NASH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and BARK-DULL and HUBBART, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 363
Pages: 147–147

Head Matter:
Frances Rebecca NASH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 77-2116.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 19, 1978.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 2, 1978.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and James H. Greason, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and BARK-DULL and HUBBART, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court, in a criminal prosecution, excluded a prospective defense witness for violation of the rule of sequestration without complying with the procedures and principles laid down by the Supreme Court of Florida in Dumas v. State, 350 So.2d 464 (Fla.1977).
Therefore, the conviction must be reversed, with directions to grant the appellant a new trial.
Reversed and remanded, with directions.
. The penalty for violation of the sequestration rule in criminal cases is different from that in civil cases, because of the constitutional right of an accused to present witnesses in his defense. (Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.)
. It is noted that the trial court did not have the benefit of this opinion at the time he made his ruling.