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Higginbotham v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Aug 18, 1995
659 So. 2d 461 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 95-1556.

August 18, 1995.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Brevard County, John Dean Moxley, Jr., J.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and J. Randall Moore, Asst. Public Defender, Rockledge, for appellant.

George William Higginbotham, Malone, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Steven Guardiano, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


George William Higginbotham appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to rule 3.800(a) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. On appeal, Higginbotham contends that the trial court's oral pronouncement does not conform with the written sentence. We have jurisdiction. Sellers v. State, 591 So.2d 331 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); see also White v. State, 624 So.2d 811 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).

On the face of the record, a discrepancy exists between the oral pronouncement and the written sentence. In the context of the entire plea and sentencing hearing, it appears that the discrepancy is the result of a scrivener's error. Accordingly, the order denying Higginbotham's rule 3.800(a) motion is reversed and remanded for the trial court to resolve the discrepancy between the oral pronouncement and the written order. Marchand v. State, 546 So.2d 1184 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989); Wilkins v. State, 543 So.2d 800 (Fla. 5th DCA), review denied, 554 So.2d 1170 (Fla. 1989).

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED; SENTENCE VACATED and REMANDED.

DAUKSCH, COBB and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Higginbotham v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Aug 18, 1995
659 So. 2d 461 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Higginbotham v. State

Case Details

Full title:GEORGE WILLIAM HIGGINBOTHAM, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Aug 18, 1995

Citations

659 So. 2d 461 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

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