Supreme Court of Florida
ASHLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA, SC00-2586
A trial court can correct a "scrivener's error" during sentencing without violating double jeopardy, where defendant had no expectation of finality after the court imposed a first oral sentence.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/11/2002
- Published 07/11/2002
Judges
- QUINCE, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Paula S. Saunders, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Charlie Crist, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Trisha E. Meggs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.