Michael Wilkins v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 20, 2020
Docket2D19-3051
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
MICHAEL WILKINS, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D19-3051
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed November 20, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee
County; Joseph C. Fuller, Jr., Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender,
and Dane K. Chase, Special Assistant
Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Lindsay D. Turner,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa,
for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Michael Wilkins appeals his judgment and sentences for two counts of
sexual battery on a child and one lesser included count of lewd and lascivious battery
on a child under sixteen. We find no merit to his argument regarding the denial of his
motion for mistrial and thus we do not address it further. However, he contends that his
written judgment for the count of lewd and lascivious battery on a child under sixteen
incorrectly references section 800.04(4)(a)1, Florida Statutes (2016-2017), rather than
section 800.04(4)(a)2 which is the section on which the jury was instructed and under
which he was convicted. The State properly concedes error on this point. Thus we
must remand the written judgment on that count and remand for correction of the
scrivener's error. Wilkins need not be present for that ministerial act. See Hetherington
v. State, 294 So. 3d 447, 447-48 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020); Hope v. State, 239 So. 3d 737,
737 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017).
Affirmed; remanded with directions.
SILBERMAN, MORRIS, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.
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