John Yural Hudson v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJune 26, 2026
Docket5D2025-2422
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-2422
LT Case No. 2023-CF-000373
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JOHN YURAL HUDSON,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam County.
Alicia R. Washington, Judge.
Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Teresa Sutton, Assistant
Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Roberts J.
Bradford, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for
Appellee.
June 26, 2026
WALLIS, J.
In this Anders 1 appeal, we affirm the judgment and sentence
imposed following a jury trial but remand for the trial court to
1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
correct the written judgment and sentence to reflect that the
Appellant was convicted at trial rather than by entering a plea. 2
See Williams v. State, 422 So. 3d 1155, 1164 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025)
(explaining that an appellate court may correct scrivener’s errors
upon Anders review); Henry v. State, 273 So. 3d 1150 (Fla. 5th DCA
2019) (remanding, upon Anders review, to correct a scrivener’s
error in the judgment and sentence incorrectly stating that the
defendant entered a plea where the defendant was actually
convicted by jury).
AFFIRMED; REMANDED for correction of scrivener’s error.
JAY, C.J., and LAMBERT, J., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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2 Appellant’s counsel raised this issue as scrivener’s error
within the Anders brief.
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