Chrisean Dion Jones v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledAugust 25, 2020
Docket1D19-1321
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-1321
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CHRISEAN DION JONES,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
Marianne L. Aho, Judge.
August 25, 2020
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Chrisean Dion Jones, raises three issues in this
appeal from his judgment and sentence; we find merit in only one.
At his sentencing hearing, the trial court orally announced that
Mr. Jones would receive a 23-year sentence on count II, yet the
sentence, as written, reflects a 25-year sentence for that offense.
Because a court’s oral pronouncement of a sentence controls over
the written disposition, we vacate the inconsistent portion of the
written sentence and remand for entry of a corrected sentence that
conforms to the court’s oral pronouncement. See, e.g., Morris v.
State, 292 So. 3d 838, 839 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020) (vacating written
sentence for inconsistency with oral pronouncement and
remanding for entry of corrected sentence). In all other respects,
we affirm.
AFFIRMED in part, VACATED in part, and REMANDED with
instructions.
RAY, C.J., and JAY and LONG, JJ., 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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Candice Kaye Brower, Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel,
and Michael Jerome Titus, Assistant Conflict Counsel,
Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Julian E. Markham,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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