Joel Rodriguez-Carmona v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledFebruary 10, 2021
Docket1D19-3670
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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NO. 1D19-3670
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JOEL RODRIGUEZ-CARMONA,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
James Daniel, Judge.
February 10, 2021
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Joel Rodriguez-Carmona, was found guilty of
armed burglary of a dwelling, false imprisonment, and four counts
of sexual battery. Appellant filed a motion to correct a sentencing
error pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2).
Appellant claimed the trial court erred by imposing a special
condition of sex offender probation under section 948.30(1)(b),
Florida Statutes (2018), which prohibited him from living within
1,000 feet of any school, daycare center, park, playground, or other
places where children regularly congregate.
The State concedes error. The victim in this case was not
under the age of 18 as required by section 948.30(1)(b). Similarly,
the crimes did not involve a minor child so the special condition
was not reasonably related to Appellant’s rehabilitation. See
Villanueva v. State, 200 So. 3d 47, 54 (Fla. 2016) (citing Biller v.
State, 618 So. 2d 734, 735 (Fla. 1993)).
Accordingly, we REVERSE and REMAND with directions that
the trial court strike the special condition of Appellant’s sex
offender probation prohibiting him from living within 1,000 feet of
any school, child care facility, park, playground, or other places
where children regularly congregate.
ROWE, OSTERHAUS, 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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Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Maria Ines Suber,
Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General and Jovona I. Parker, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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