Florida Statute 918.016 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 918
CONDUCT OF TRIAL

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918.016 Trial of remaining defendants after grant of continuance to others.—When a continuance is granted to one or more of several defendants, the court may proceed with the trial of the defendants who have not been granted a continuance.

History.—s. 202, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(210); s. 110, ch. 70-339.

Note.—Former s. 916.09.

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Cases Citing Statute 918.016

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Alvarez v. State, 827 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).

Cited 15 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 1758210

courtroom during his revocation hearing pursuant to section 918.16, Florida Statutes (2000). We affirm because

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Pritchett v. State, 566 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 100743

to be cleared of all spectators, pursuant to section 918.16, Florida Statutes (1987).[1] He contends that

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Clements v. State, 742 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 550533

victim testified, merits discussion. Pursuant to section 918.16, Florida Statutes (1997)[1] the State asked

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Jones v. State, 883 So. 2d 369 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 2173349

seeks partial closure of the courtroom under section 918.16, Florida Statutes. First, the court must determine

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Luda v. State, 860 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 22336133

trial court's attention to the language of section 918.16, Florida Statutes (1998), that exempts the

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Hobbs v. State, 820 So. 2d 347 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 464731

interests applicable in this case as provided in section 918.16, Florida Statutes (2000): (2) When the victim

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Alonso v. State, 821 So. 2d 423 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 1563842

L. and the two teenagers under authority of section 918.16, Florida Statutes (1999).[1] That statute provides:

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Whitson v. State, 791 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 844756

a new trial. The remaining issues are moot. Section 918.16(2), Florida Statutes (1999), empowers a trial

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Lena v. State, 901 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 840438

victim, who was eleven at the time of trial. Section 918.16, Florida Statutes provides for a partial closure

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Kovaleski v. State, 103 So. 3d 859 (Fla. 2012).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 661, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2138, 2012 WL 5258677

testimony of the victim, J.L., pursuant to section 918.16, Florida Statutes (1997), which allowed for

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Kovaleski v. State, 1 So. 3d 254 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 42, 2009 WL 18673

of the courtroom when the victim testified. Section 918.16(2), Florida Statutes (2001), provides: When

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Thornton v. State, 585 So. 2d 1189 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 183841

would deny him the right to a public trial. Section 918.16, Florida Statutes (1989), provides that in

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Kovaleski v. State, 854 So. 2d 282 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 22136263

was partially closed under Florida Statutes section 918.16, which allows for closure to all but specified

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Berkuta v. State, 788 So. 2d 1081 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 7844, 2001 WL 609047

during the testimony of the minor victims. Section 918.16 (1), Florida Statutes (1999), authorizes closure

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Springer v. State, 874 So. 2d 719 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1223674

closure of the courtroom in accordance with section 918.16, Florida Statutes (2002), during the testimony

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Miller v. State, 991 So. 2d 946 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 4067304

testimony of the victim, A.H., contrary to section 918.16(1), Florida Statutes. That statute provides:

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Roberts v. State, 816 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 6395, 2002 WL 954986

Pritchett v. State, 566 So.2d 6 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). Section 918.16(1), Florida Statutes (2000), provides that

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Patrick Huff v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2021).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

that partial courtroom closure pursuant to section 918.16(2), Fla. Stat., complied with the Waller test)