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Christopher Junior PIERRE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
In this Anders 1 appeal, we affirm the judgment and sentences imposed by the trial court after trial but find it necessary to remand to correct a scrivener's error in the judgment.
Pierre was convicted of, among other things, discharging a firearm in public (count three). The trial court orally pronounced Pierre's sentence on this count to be “one year in the Orange County Jail with credit for 30 days time served.” The court also ordered that this sentence be served concurrently with the lengthier prison sentences that it had just imposed on Pierre on counts one and two.
However, the written judgment, while accurately reflecting Pierre's adjudication of guilt on count three, inadvertently failed to include the actual sentence imposed. Accordingly, we remand for the trial court to enter an amended judgment that includes the sentence that it imposed on Pierre for count three. Pierre's presence is not required for this ministerial correction. See Walker v. State, 288 So. 3d 694, 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019).
AFFIRMED; REMANDED for entry of amended judgment to correct scrivener's error.
FOOTNOTES
1. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).
PER CURIAM.
LAMBERT, C.J., HARRIS and TRAVER, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: Case No. 5D21-2582
Decided: April 08, 2022
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
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