We affirm defendant Eva Ramirez’s convictions and the sentences entered thereon upon a holding that a defendant who voluntarily absents herself during the course of the trial proceedings cannot later be heard to complain, without a proper and timely objection during the course of the proceedings, of procedural irregularity. See Clark v. State, 363 So.2d 331 (Fla. 1978); State v. Melendez, 244 So.2d 137 (Fla. 1971); Fla.R. Crim.P. 3.180(a), (b).

Affirmed.