DARRELL SAMUEL WADE
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2023-03-29
No. 2022-0544
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2023)

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Holding

A written judgment and sentence must be corrected to delete references to counts that were not adjudicated and sentenced by the trial court, and such ministerial corrections may be made without the defendant's presence.


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[1] A scrivener's error is a written clerical error that is not the result of a judicial determination or error and may be corrected on remand without the defendant's presenc…

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“a defendant need not be present at resentencing if the error to be corrected is 'purely ministerial' or clerical, and involves no exercise of the court's discretion.”

Court citing Walton v. State regarding whether appellant must be present for correction of scrivener's errors.

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The trial court orally rendered an adjudication and sentence on one count, but the written judgment and sentence erroneously included an adjudication …

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Per Curiam

PER CURIAM.

Upon review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), we find no reversible error and affirm Appellant’s judgment and sentence. However, we remand for correction of scrivener’s errors. See Ashley v. State, 850 So. 2d 1265, 1268 n.3 (Fla. 2003) (defining a scrivener’s error as a written clerical error that is not the result of a “judicial determination or error”). The trial court orally rendered an adjudication and sentence on only one count. The written judgment and sentence includes an adjudication and sentence on a Count 2—driving while license suspended. The written judgment and sentence should be corrected to delete all references to Count 2. On remand, the lower tribunal shall correct these scrivener’s errors, consistent with this opinion. Appellant need not be present for these ministerial corrections. See Walton v. State, 106 So. 3d 522, 529 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (“[A] defendant need not be present at resentencing if the error to be corrected is ‘purely ministerial’ or clerical, and involves no exercise of the court’s discretion.”).

AFFIRMED and REMANDED for correction of scrivener’s errors.

LEWIS, ROBERTS, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur. _____________________________


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