Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2016

Richard S. Davis v. State

Richard S. Davis v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 14, 2016 · Berger, Edwards, Per Curiam, Wallis
207 So. 3d 271; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15213 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Richard S. Davis v. State

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Richard S. Davis appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. We affirm. However, as to Davis’ claim that the written sentence does not conform to the trial court’s oral pronouncement, our affirmance is without prejudice to his ability to file an amended motion raising the same claim, while specifying in that claim the date of the sentencing hearing to which he is referring. 1

AFFIRMED.

BERGER, WALLIS and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.
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. Should Davis decide to refile his motion, he must attach to it a copy of the transcript. See McLendon v. State, 58 So.3d 387, 388 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011) ("[A]s we explained in Beard v. State, 27 So.3d 186 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010), in order for a rule 3.800(a) movant to comply with his special duty to demonstrate entitlement to relief on the face of the record, the lack of a transcript of the sentencing hearing is a gap that must be filled by the movant.... If the transcript is not in the record, McLendon's motion shall be denied without prejudice to file an amended motion with the sentencing transcript and other nec-essaty documents attached.” (emphasis omitted)).

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