Ygnacio Sanchez v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 11, 2020
Docket2D17-1271
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
YGNACIO SANCHEZ, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D17-1271
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed March 11, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee
County; Ramiro Manalich, Judge.
Brooke E. Teal, Special Assistant
Public Defender, Tampa, for
Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Chelsea N.
Simms, Assistant Attorney General,
Tampa, for Appellee.
ATKINSON, Judge.
Ygnacio Sanchez appeals his convictions and sentences for attempted
second-degree murder with a firearm and child abuse with a firearm. We affirm his
convictions and sentences without further comment. However, we remand for a
correction of a scrivener's error in his written sentence to conform with the trial court's
oral pronouncement on the sentence for attempted second-degree murder with a
firearm.
At sentencing, the trial court orally imposed a mandatory minimum life
sentence for attempted second-degree murder with a firearm pursuant to section
775.087(2)(a)3., Florida Statutes (2015). The court made no mention of a twenty-five-
year mandatory minimum to be imposed along with the life sentence. However, the
written sentence reflects a sentence of life imprisonment with a mandatory minimum
sentence of twenty-five years for attempted second-degree murder. This is an illegal
sentence. See Hatten v. State, 203 So. 3d 142, 146 (Fla. 2016) ("Although . . . the 10–
20–Life statute prevails over the general sentencing maximums, if the trial court
chooses to impose a sentence beyond the selected mandatory minimum sentence
pursuant to the 10–20–Life statute, additional statutory authority is required."); Martinez
v. State, 114 So. 3d 1119, 1120 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (reversing the defendant's life
sentence with a twenty-five-year minimum mandatory for attempted second-degree
murder with a firearm because the sentence improperly exceeded the statutory
maximum under section 775.082(3)(b)); McLeod v. State, 52 So. 3d 784, 786 (Fla. 5th
DCA 2010) (same).
Therefore, the written sentence reflecting the illegal sentence must be
corrected to conform with the trial court's oral pronouncement of the mandatory
minimum life sentence under section 775.087(2)(a)3. See Mendenhall v. State, 48 So.
3d 740, 750 (Fla. 2010) ("[T]he trial court has discretion to impose a mandatory
minimum within the range of twenty-five years to life . . . notwithstanding the statutory
maximum of thirty years contained in section 775.082."); see also Rivera v. State, 117
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So. 3d 449, 449 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (affirming but remanding for correction of written
sentence to conform to the oral pronouncement); Holmes v. State, 84 So. 3d 421, 422
(Fla. 2d DCA 2012) (same).
Affirmed and remanded with instructions.
KHOUZAM, C.J., and KELLY, JJ., Concur.
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