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Tameka Sherece Canada, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.
In this Anders * case, Appellant Tameka Canada was placed on community control to be followed by a term of probation for her crime of arson. After twice violating the terms of her supervision, the “Minutes, Judgment and Sentence” signed by the trial judge reflect that Canada's supervision was revoked and she was sentenced to sixty months in the Florida state prison system.
We affirm the trial court's revocation of Canada's community control and resulting sentence. However, we remand for entry of an appropriate written order revoking probation.
While a trial court's oral pronouncement of its ruling(s) reflected in minutes signed by the trial judge does not constitute an appealable order, see Fla. R. App. P. 9.020(f) (defining an “order” as “[a] decision, order, judgment, decree, or rule of a lower tribunal, excluding minutes and minute book entries”), the Judgment and Sentence here is a rendered and appealable order, even though it is also entitled “Minutes.” See Marshall v. State, 359 So. 3d 879 (Fla. 5th DCA 2023) (citing Dep't of Child. & Fams. v. E.G., 939 So. 2d 226, 229 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)). However, the Judgment and Sentence fails to identify the condition(s) of community control Canada was found to have violated, as is required. See id.; see also Font v. State, 299 So. 3d 627 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020).
Accordingly, we Affirm the revocation of Canada's community control and the resulting sixty-month sentence and Remand this matter to the trial court for entry of an appropriate written order revoking community control that identifies the condition(s) Canada was determined to have violated.
It is so ordered.
FOOTNOTES
FOOTNOTE. See Anders v. California, 388 U.S. 924 (1967).
Soud, J.
Lambert and Pratt, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: Case No. 5D2024-0689
Decided: February 28, 2025
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
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