CHARLES v. STATE (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Carlos CHARLES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D21-960

Decided: January 25, 2022

Paula C. Coffman, of Law Office of Paula Coffman, Orlando, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison L. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

AFFIRMED. See Davis v. State, 332 So.3d 970 (Fla. Dec. 2, 2021) (holding if defendant voluntarily chooses to allocute at sentencing hearing, sentencing court is permitted to consider defendant's freely offered statements, including those indicating failure to accept responsibility).

PER CURIAM.

LAMBERT, C.J., HARRIS and WOZNIAK, JJ., concur.

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