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Lock v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Sep 14, 2000
768 So. 2d 1118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 2D99-4591.

August 2, 2000. Rehearing Denied September 14, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; Isaac Anderson, Jr., Judge.

J.L. "Ray" LeGrande of LeGrande LeGrande, P.A., Fort Myers, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Eddie Mack Lock appeals two concurrent life sentences imposed upon him as a habitual violent felony offender. See § 775.084 (1)(b), (4)(b)(1), Florida Statutes (1989). The trial court imposed these sentences upon remand from this court. See Lock v. State, 732 So.2d 1161 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). The State concedes that the written sentence includes a mandatory minimum term not orally imposed by the trial court. It was within the trial court's discretion to impose or to refuse to impose such a mandatory minimum term. See State v. Hudson, 698 So.2d 831 (Fla. 1997). Because the trial judge did not impose this term, it appears that it was merely clerical error. We thus strike from the sentence the mandatory minimum term. We find no merit in Mr. Lock's remaining arguments, and otherwise affirm.

Affirmed; mandatory minimum stricken.

PATTERSON, C.J., and ALTENBERND and STRINGER, JJ., Concur.


Summaries of

Lock v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Sep 14, 2000
768 So. 2d 1118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
Case details for

Lock v. State

Case Details

Full title:Eddie Mack LOCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Sep 14, 2000

Citations

768 So. 2d 1118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)