MIGUEL ROBERTSON, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 2014-03-12
No. 3D12-1408
Wells, J.
134 So. 3d 548 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2014) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

Florida appellate court affirmed the conviction without prejudice, allowing the defendant to file a motion to correct the sentence if the written order conflicts with the trial court's oral pronouncement.


Holding

A defendant may file a Rule 8.800(a) motion to correct a written sentence that conflicts with the trial court's oral pronouncement, and the oral pronouncement prevails over any conflicting written order.


Headnotes

[1] The oral pronouncement of sentence by a trial court prevails over a subsequent and conflicting written sentencing order, and any discrepancy requires correction of the wr…

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Key Quotes

“The oral pronouncement of sentence prevails over a subsequent and conflicting written sentencing order.”

Establishing the rule that oral pronouncements control over written orders in sentencing.

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Robertson was convicted and sentenced by the trial court, resulting in a written sentencing order.…

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Opinion of the Court
WELLS, Judge.

WELLS, Judge.

Affirmed without prejudice to the filing of a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.800(a) motion to correct the sentence imposed to accurately reflect the trial court’s oral pronouncement. See Scott v. State, 109 So.3d 866, 866 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“The oral pronouncement of sentence prevails over a subsequent and conflicting written sentencing order.”); Wright v. State, 98 So.3d 1215, 1216 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012) (“[A]ny discrepancy between the oral pronouncement and the written sentence requires the written sentence to be corrected to conform to the court’s oral pronouncement.”); see also Jackson v. State, 983 So.2d 562, 569, 572 (Fla.2008) (recognizing that claims that a defendant’s written order deviated from the oral pronouncement is subject to rule 3.800(b), whereby the failure to either object during the sentencing hearing or by rule 3.800(b) motion forecloses the issue from being raised on direct appeal); Brannon v. State, 850 So.2d 452, 456 (Fla.2003) (“[W]e hold that for defendants whose initial briefs were filed after the effective date of rule 3.800(b)(2), the failure to preserve a fundamental sentencing error by motion under rule 3.800(b) or by objection during the sentencing hearing forecloses them from raising the error on direct appeal.”); Sanders-Bashui v. State, 124 So.3d 1041, 1042 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) (same).


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  • Brown v. State, 225 So. 3d 319 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017)
    …ce without prejudice to the filing of a rule 3.800(a) motion where written sentence did not conform to oral pronouncements and stating that “the trial court must correct the written sentences pursuant to a Rule 3.800(a) motion”); Robertson v. State, 134 So. 3d 548, 549 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (“Affirmed without prejudice to the filing of a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion to correct the sentence imposed to accurately reflect the trial court’s oral pronouncement.”); Sanders-Bashui v. State, 124 So…

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