Sylvester Brown v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledDecember 18, 2020
Docket2D19-4083
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
SYLVESTER BROWN, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D19-4083
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed December 18, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for
Hillsborough County; Christopher Sabella,
Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and
Susan M. Shanahan, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for
Appellee.
LABRIT, Judge.
Sylvester Brown appeals from his judgment and sentence and challenges
the denial of his motion to withdraw guilty plea after sentencing. We affirm the decision
in all respects, but we remand for correction of two scrivener's errors.
Mr. Brown notes that the written judgment and sentence states that he
was tried and found guilty by a jury, when he actually entered a negotiated plea of
guilty; and the judgment and sentence inaccurately indicates that Mr. Brown entered a
plea of not guilty to felony battery. We remand for correction of these scrivener's errors.
See Ashley v. State, 850 So. 2d 1265, 1268 n.3 (Fla. 2003) (defining a scrivener's error
as a written clerical error that is not "the result of a judicial determination or error"
(quoting Amends. to Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.111(e) & 3.800, 761 So. 2d 1015, 1023 (Fla.
2000))); see also Carter v. State, 173 So. 3d 1048, 1051 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (affirming
judgment but remanding for correction of scrivener's error where scoresheet incorrectly
indicated plea instead of trial).
Affirmed and remanded with instructions.
KHOUZAM, C.J., and BLACK, J., Concur.
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