JANURIO PEREZ
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A trial court does not abuse its discretion in permitting amendment of a criminal information during trial when the defendant has not demonstrated prejudice to his substantive rights.
[1] A trial court's decision to permit amendment of a criminal information is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard, and the State may substantively amend an informa…
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed October 1, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D24-0078 Lower Tribunal No. F17-16017 ________________ Janurio Perez, Appellant, vs. State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Joseph Perkins, Judge. Reizenstein & Associates, PA, and Philip Louis Reizenstein, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and David Llanes, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before FERNANDEZ, MILLER and GOODEN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
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Affirmed. See Quattrocchi v. State, 17 So. 3d 329, 332 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009) (providing that an appellate court reviews a trial court’s ruling permitting an amendment of the criminal information under an abuse of discretion standard); Bozeman v. State, 714 So. 2d 570, 572 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998) (stating that an appellate court reviews a trial court’s decision regarding giving or withholding a proposed jury instruction under an abuse of discretion standard); § 794.0115(2), Fla. Stat. (2023) (providing that under Florida’s “Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender Act,” in order to impose a 50- year minimum mandatory sentence enhancement to the charged offense, one of the elements the State is required to prove is that the person committed the offense when he or she was 18 years of age or older); DuBoise v. State, 520 So. 2d 260, 265 (Fla. 1998) (finding that an information gives sufficient notice of the necessary elements for an enhancement or an offense when it contains a specific statutory citation to that enhancement or offense); State v. Garcia, 692 So. 2d 984, 985 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (“The State may also substantively amend an information during trial, even over the defendant’s objection, unless there is a showing of prejudice to the substantive rights of the defendant.”); State v. Conte, 516 So. 2d 1115, 1115- 16 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987) (finding that in deciding whether to allow the
3 amendment of an information, the prejudice to the defendant the trial court considers includes prejudice in the preparation of a defense).
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- DuBOISE v. State, 520 So. 2d 260 (Fla. 1988)
- Bozeman v. State, 714 So. 2d 570 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)
- Capehart v. State, 692 So. 2d 984 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
- State v. Conte, 516 So. 2d 1115 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)
- Quattrocchi v. State, 17 So. 3d 329 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)