JESUS FUENTES MACEDA v. STATE OF FLORIDA (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

JESUS FUENTES MACEDA, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 2D2023-2809

Decided: March 12, 2025

Guillermo Gomez, Jr., of Gomez & Touger, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and J. Wade Stidham, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Jesus Fuentes Maceda appeals the judgment and sentence for one count of premeditated first-degree murder, one count of robbery with a firearm, and one count of tampering with physical evidence. Mr. Maceda was sentenced to thirty years in prison followed by fifteen years’ probation and a sentencing review after twenty-five years. We affirm the judgment and sentence. However, while the trial court made detailed oral findings that Mr. Maceda is not entitled to a fifteen-year review, it failed to render those findings in writing as required by section 775.082(1)(b)3, Florida Statutes (2021). Accordingly, we remand for the trial court to make written findings conforming with its oral pronouncement. See McCray v. State, 282 So. 3d 158, 162 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).

Affirmed; remanded with instructions.

PER CURIAM.

NORTHCUTT, KELLY, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.

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