Chandler Richard Leombruno v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 12, 2021
Docket2D20-1009
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
CHANDLER RICHARD LEOMBRUNO, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D20-1009
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed March 12, 2021.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for
Pinellas County; Joseph A. Bulone,
Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and
Richard P. Albertine, Jr., Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, for Appellee.
LaROSE, Judge.
In this Anders1 appeal, Chandler Richard Leombruno appeals his
judgments and sentences in seven cases. We affirm in all respects but note that a
possible unpreserved sentencing error may exist in one of the written judgments for
fines and costs.
1Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
The written judgment for fines and costs for case number 18-CF-13870
reflects a $200 county laboratory fee. But the trial court orally ordered $100 for that fee.
The trial court specifically asked, "So the lab[oratory] fees, there's . . . a $100 on
1813870. There's just one $100, but it's on Counts III and IV. Right?"; the State
confirmed the trial court's assumption.
Laboratory fees are typically discretionary, see Kennedy v. State, 701 So.
2d 634, 635 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997), and must be orally pronounced, see Thomas v. State,
190 So. 3d 222, 223 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). Accordingly, there is a possible sentencing
error regarding the trial court's assessment of a $200 laboratory fee where it orally
imposed $100. See id. ("[A] review of the record reveals a possible sentencing error
concerning the court's assessment of $100 in sheriff's investigative costs . . . as the
court did not orally pronounce the discretionary cost at the sentencing hearing."); see
also Wilcox v. State, 674 So. 2d 191, 191 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996) (remanding for the trial
court to correct the amount in written order to comport with the amount it orally imposed
at the plea hearing).
Because Mr. Leombruno failed to preserve this potential error by objecting
or filing a motion to correct sentencing error, we must affirm. See R.L.F. v. State, 228
So. 3d 633, 633 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) (affirming without prejudice where the defendant
failed to properly preserve the sentencing error). Our affirmance is without prejudice for
Mr. Leombruno to seek postconviction relief, if possible. See id.
Affirmed.
SILBERMAN and SMITH, JJ., Concur.
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