JEFFREY AKEEM STURRIDGE v. STATE OF FLORIDA (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

JEFFREY AKEEM STURRIDGE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-0706

Decided: April 15, 2026

Daniel Eisinger, Public Defender, Patrick Barfield Burke, Assistant Public Defender, and Logan Tanner Mohs, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lindsay Ayn Warner, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

The defendant appeals the circuit court's final judgment and sentence. Over the defendant's objection, the circuit court allowed the State to amend its information and charge the defendant with a new offense on the morning of trial. The circuit court subsequently denied the defendant's motion for a continuance. On the defendant's appeal from that denial, the State filed a confession of error, conceding the amendment prejudiced the defendant. We have reviewed the matter, and we accept the State's confession of error.

Accordingly, we reverse the denial of the motion for continuance, vacate the defendant's conviction and sentence, and remand for a new trial on the charges of robbery with a firearm (Count 1) and accessory after the fact to robbery with a firearm (Count 2).

Reversed and remanded.

Per Curiam.

Kuntz, C.J., Levine and Shaw, JJ., concur.

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