Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2016

Thomas W. Ayers, Jr. v. State of Florida

Thomas W. Ayers, Jr. v. State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 25, 2016 · Ciklin, Warner, Gross
192 So. 3d 628; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 7973; 2016 WL 3012008 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Thomas W. Ayers, Jr. v. State of Florida

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this Anders 1 appeal, Thomas W. Ayres, Jr., challenges his judgment and sentence after entering a negotiated no contest plea to two felonies. We affirm his judgment and sentence without further comment. However, we remand for correction of a scrivener’s error in the -written sentence.

At sentencing, the trial court declared Ayres to be a habitual felony offender (“HFO”) and prison releasee reoffender (“PRR”). In accordance with the plea agreement, the court orally sentenced Ayres on count one to fifteen years and one day in prison as an HFO, with all but one day to be served as a PRR. The written sentence, however, appears to sentence Ayres to fifteen years and one day as both an HFO and a PRR. In other words, it reflects that his HFO and PRR sentences are of equal length. This is impermissible under Grant v. State, 770 So.2d 655 (Fla. 2000).

*629 On remand, the written sentence should ■ be corrected to reflect the oral pronouncement.

Affirmed and remanded with directions.

CIKLIN, C.J., WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
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. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967).

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