Burney v. State

Citations

• 32 Fla. 253

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW — PRISONER PRESENT AT BEGINNING OE TRIAL, HIS PRESENCE PRESUMED TO CONTINUE.</p> <p>Where it affirmatively appears that the defendant in a criminal case-was personally present in cohrt at the beginning of his trial, that was begun and finished on the same day without interruption by recess or otherwise, the presumption is that he continued to be so present up to and until the rendition of the verdict, even though the record is silent as to whether he was so present at the rendering of the verdict or not.</p>