EDWARD LEE CONLEY, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Affirmed conviction and sentence despite identifying a sentencing error where the written sentence omitted the mandatory minimum, but held the error was not reviewable on appeal because it was not raised at sentencing or via timely post-sentencing motion.
A sentencing error omitting a mandatory minimum from the written sentence cannot be reviewed on appeal if not raised at sentencing or through timely post-sentencing motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800.
[1] Sentencing errors occurring after amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b) cannot be reviewed on appeal unless raised at sentencing or through timely pos…
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In this Anders 1 appeal, we affirm the judgment and sentence. However, our independent review of the record pursuant to State v. Causey, 503 So.2d 321 (Fla. 1987), revealed a sentencing error. The trial judge orally sentenced Appellant to serve 20 years in the Department of Corrections (“DOC”) as a habitual felony offender, with a minimum mandatory of 15 years in the DOC as a prison releasee reoffender. However, the sentence, as written, imposes the 20-year sentence, but makes no mention of the 15-year minimum mandatory sentence. The oral pronouncement of sentence controls over the written sentence. Beard, v. State, 27 So.3d 186, 187 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010) (citing Williams v. State, 957 So.2d 600, 603 (Fla.2007)).
Nevertheless, “sentencing errors that occur after the effective date of the amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b) ... cannot be reviewed by an appellate court if, as here, the issue was not raised at sentencing or in a timely post-sentencing procedure pursuant to rule 3.800.” Dunbar v. State, 35 So.3d 54, 55 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010) (citations omitted). The judgment and sentence is, therefore, affirmed without prejudice to Appellant’s right to file a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). See id.; Polite v. State, 847 So.2d 1156 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003).
AFFIRMED.
ORFINGER, WALLIS and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.
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Authorities Cited
- Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (U.S. 1967)
- State v. Causey, 503 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1987)
- Williams v. State, 957 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 2007)
- Beard v. State, 27 So. 3d 186 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)
- Dunbar v. State, 35 So. 3d 54 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)
- Selena Polite v. State, 847 So. 2d 1156 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)