Roderick Breon Owens v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJanuary 14, 2021
Docket1D19-4346
StatusPublished
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-4346
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RODERICK BREON OWENS,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
J. Layne Smith, Judge.
January 14, 2021
ORDER STRIKING ANDERS BRIEF
PER CURIAM.
Appellant’s counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and this Court has conducted the
review required by Anders, State v. Causey, 503 So. 2d 321 (Fla.
1987), and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(g)(2)(A). Our
review reveals that a sentencing error and a scrivener’s error may
exist.
First, Appellant’s twenty-year mandatory-minimum sentence
pursuant to section 775.087(2)(a)2., Florida Statutes (the 10-20-
Life statute), appears in the written judgment and sentence, but
the trial court did not orally pronounce it. This sentencing error
requires a new hearing, at which the court must orally impose the
required sentence. Appellant must be present. See Dunbar v. State,
89 So. 3d 901, 906–07 (Fla. 2012); Bonner v. State, 242 So. 3d 501,
505–06 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018).
Second, Appellant’s written judgment and sentence
erroneously lists section 775.082(8)(b) as the authority for his
prison releasee reoffender (PRR) sentence. However, the correct
cite is subsection (9), which authorizes a PRR mandatory life
sentence. See § 775.082(9) (defining PRR and listing mandatory
sentences if the State proves a defendant is a PRR).
Accordingly, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure
9.140(g)(2)(B), we strike the Anders brief filed March 25, 2020, and
the initial brief filed December 21, 2020, to permit the filing of a
motion under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2),
which shall govern the proceedings on that motion and
supplementation of the record. Counsel for Appellant shall file the
motion with the trial court within twenty days. Counsel for
Appellant shall file an appropriate brief within twenty days
following transmittal of the supplemental record. See Clark v.
State, 223 So. 3d 1126 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017) (listing possible
sentencing errors in Anders appeal, striking Anders brief, and
permitting counsel to file 3.800(b)(2) motion in trial court); Adams
v. State, 197 So. 3d 641 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016) (same).
KELSEY, M.K. THOMAS, and TANENBAUM, 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 Yeary, Public Defender; Tyler K. Payne, Greg Caracci,
Megan L. Long, and Ronald W. Thomas, Assistant Public
Defenders, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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