Title: State v. Hernandez
Citation: 552 So. 2d 911
Docket Number: 73807
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: October 5, 1989

552 So. 2d 911 (1989)
STATE of Florida, Petitioner,
v.
Modesto HERNANDEZ, Respondent.
No. 73807.

Supreme Court of Florida.
October 5, 1989.
Rehearing Denied December 13, 1989.
*912 Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Polin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, Miami, for respondent.
McDONALD, Justice.
In Hernandez v. State, 543 So. 2d 755, 755 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989), the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:[*]
We recently answered the same question in State v. Singletary, 549 So. 2d 996 (Fla. 1989). In Singletary we held that
Id., 549 So. 2d  at 997. In the instant case Hernandez' attorney and the state's attorney stipulated to the judge's being absent during voir dire. This constituted a valid waiver. Because Hernandez' jury was selected before Singletary became final, we quash the district court's decision and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is so ordered.
EHRLICH, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
[*]  We have jurisdiction pursuant to art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.