
    Darren Laron GILLIAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 96-2202.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Feb. 11, 1998.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Fredericka Sands, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and GREEN, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

We find no error pursuant to Coney v. State, 653 So.2d 1009 (Fla.), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 921, 116 S.Ct. 315, 133 L.Ed.2d 218 (1995), where the record conclusively demonstrates that all of the prospective venire persons had been excused from the courtroom when the peremptory challenges were made in open court, and the appellant was present at all times to confer with his counsel about such challenges.

Affirmed.  