Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2018

Woodrow W. Rose v. State of Florida

Woodrow W. Rose v. State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 31, 2018
256 So. 3d 255 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Woodrow W. Rose v. State of Florida

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D17-3424 _____________________________ WOODROW W. ROSE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County.

Dawn Caloca-Johnson, Judge.

October 31, 2018

PER CURIAM.

In 1982, Woodrow Rose pleaded guilty to sexual battery and armed burglary of a dwelling. He was sentenced to thirty years for the former and life for the latter. In 2017, he filed a rule 3.800 motion, alleging he was serving an illegal sentence. The trial court denied the motion, and Rose appeals.

Rose argued first that he pleaded guilty to only one count, not two. The plea hearing transcript refutes that claim. But Rose also argued that his life sentence was not orally pronounced. If there is a discrepancy between the sentence orally pronounced and the written sentencing documents, the oral pronouncement controls. Williams v. State, 957 So. 2d 600, 603 (Fla. 2007). Here, we cannot determine whether there was any such discrepancy because the record does not include the original sentencing transcript. In this circumstance, we must reverse the order on appeal to the extent it denies with prejudice a claim regarding this discrepancy. Id. at 604 (“If the sentencing transcript is neither in the file nor attached to the motion, the motion should be denied without prejudice to the filing of an amended motion properly attaching the sentencing transcript.”).

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

ROBERTS, RAY, and WINSOR, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Woodrow W. Rose, pro se, Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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