Keith Miller v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 20, 2021
Docket2D20-2954
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
KEITH MILLER,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 2D20-2954
October 20, 2021
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Kimberly K.
Fernandez, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz,
Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Peter N.
Koclanes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
LaROSE, Judge.
Keith Miller appeals the order revoking his probation, resulting
judgments, and prison sentences imposed in case numbers 2015-
CF-07571, 2015-CF-17786, and 2016-CF-3758.1 We affirm the
revocation, judgments, and resulting sentences. We remand for
entry of a corrected revocation order that conforms to the trial
court's oral pronouncement and corrects scrivener's errors
regarding the conditions of probation that Mr. Miller violated.
The affidavit of violation of probation alleged that Mr. Miller
violated condition 4 by possessing a firearm, condition 5 by
possessing oxycodone hydrochloride, condition 6 by associating
with others engaged in criminal activity, and condition 7 (three
times) by possessing oxycodone hydrochloride, marijuana, and
cocaine.
At the revocation hearing, the trial court found that "Mr. Miller
violated condition 5 of his probation of being in possession of the
firearm" and "violated condition 5 with respect to the marijuana and
the pills [of oxycodone hydrochloride] . . . . and that the State has
proven by a preponderance of the evidence that he committed those
new law violations." The written revocation order stated that Mr.
Miller violated probation conditions 5, 6, and 7.
1 We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.030(b)(1)(A).
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Mr. Miller argues that the written revocation order fails to
comport with the trial court's oral pronouncement regarding the
conditions of probation that he violated; the State concedes the
discrepancy. Where the trial court's oral pronouncement and
written revocation order conflict, the written revocation order must
be corrected to comport with the oral pronouncement. See Welch v.
State, 310 So. 3d 468, 468 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020).
We observe that the trial court cited the wrong condition
numbers at the hearing. The trial court orally found that Mr. Miller
violated condition 5 by possessing the firearm and "with respect to
the marijuana and [oxycodone hydrochloride]." Yet, the affidavit
described the firearm possession as a violation of condition 4. The
affidavit also described the possession of marijuana as a violation of
condition 7—not condition 5. The affidavit also charged possession
of oxycodone hydrochloride as violations of both conditions 5 and 7.
Clearly, the trial court found Mr. Miller in violation of
conditions 4, 5, and 7 (twice). On remand, the trial court shall
correct the revocation order to reflect that Mr. Miller violated those
conditions. See Quijano v. State, 270 So. 3d 549, 552-53 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2019) (remanding "for the trial court to issue a revocation
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order denoting that he committed a violation of condition 33 instead
of condition 21" where condition 33 applied, the trial court
erroneously cited condition 21, and the conditions were based on
the same conduct); Washington v. State, 228 So. 3d 707, 708 (Fla.
2d DCA 2017) (remanding to correct a scrivener's error in the
revocation order where the affidavit "described a violation of
condition 16 for failing to be at his approved residence but merely
cited the wrong condition number" and the trial court found the
defendant guilty of such conduct); Reed v. State, 127 So. 3d 817,
819-20 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) ("[W]hile the references to condition '15'
violations in the revocation order were the product of a mistake in
the amended affidavit, to avoid any confusion the order entered on
remand should reflect the correct condition number.").
Additionally, the written revocation order specified that Mr.
Miller violated condition 6. But the trial court made no oral
findings regarding condition 6 or the alleged association with others
engaged in criminal activity. The trial court shall correct the
revocation order on remand to conform to its oral pronouncement.
See Musser v. State, 108 So. 3d 670, 671 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013)
("[B]ecause the order of revocation suggests that Musser committed
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violations which were not addressed in the court's factual findings,
we reverse and remand for the entry of an order consistent with the
court's oral pronouncement."); Hernandez v. State, 254 So. 3d
1091, 1092 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (remanding for correction of written
revocation order to conform to oral pronouncement where the order
included "two probation violations that the trial court made no
finding on"); Laffitte v. State, 16 So. 3d 315, 316 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)
(remanding for the trial court to correct the written revocation order
to conform to the oral pronouncement where the order specified
conditions violated that did not appear in the oral pronouncement).
Affirmed; remanded for correction of scrivener's errors.
MORRIS, C.J., and SILBERMAN, J., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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