ROBERT ALLAN DZIEKAN, JR.
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 6th DCA | 2025-11-21
No. 2023-3633
Smith, J., Traver, C.J., Wozniak, J., Madrigal, III, J.
2025 FL 11059 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2025)

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Holding

A trial court's written sentencing order containing a scrivener's error regarding the fine amount must be corrected on remand to reflect the amount actually imposed at sentencing.


Headnotes

[1] A defendant need not be present for a trial court's ministerial correction of a scrivener's error in a sentencing order under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(…

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“Dziekan need not be present for this ministerial act.”

The court explaining that correction of a scrivener's error in the fine amount does not require the defendant's presence at the correction proceeding.

Facts & Procedural History

Dziekan's probation was revoked and he was sentenced to a fine. The written sentencing order reflected a fine of $25,000, but the trial court had oral…

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Opinion of the Court
Smith

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________

Case No. 6D2023-3633 Lower Tribunal No. 2014 CF 3243 A O _____________________________

ROBERT ALLAN DZIEKAN, JR., Appellant,

v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Diego M. Madrigal, III, Judge. November 21, 2025

SMITH, J.

In this Anders1 case, Robert Allan Dziekan, Jr., appeals from his judgment and sentence after his probation was revoked. We affirm in all respects with the exception of remanding for correction of a scrivener’s error in the fine amount, which Dziekan brought to the trial court’s attention via motion to correct sentencing error. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(b)(2); Rowan v. State, 396 So. 3d 634, 635 (Fla. 6th DCA 2024). The State concedes that the written order incorrectly reflects a fine

TRAVER, C.J., and WOZNIAK, J., concur.

Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Richard J. Sanders, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert Allan Dziekan, Jr., Florida City, pro se.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Whitney Brown Hartless and Daniel P. Caldwell, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING

AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

Footnotes
1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
2 amount of $25,000, when the amount orally imposed by the lower court at the hearing was $20,000. We remand on this point for the lower court to correct this error. See Rowan, 396 So. 3d at 635. Dziekan need not be present for this ministerial act. See Bryant v. State, 301 So. 3d 352, 353 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020) (holding defendant need not be present for correction of a scrivener’s error). AFFIRMED and REMANDED with instructions.

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