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Gonzales v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 7, 1986
488 So. 2d 610 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-907.

May 7, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Leroy H. Moe, J.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler Rossin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We affirm the judgment and sentence of Counts I, II, III, and VI, and we reverse Count V. Count V, resisting an arrest with violence, is a specific intent crime. Colson v. State, 73 So.2d 862 (Fla. 1954). The trial court committed reversible error by failing to give the requested instruction to the jury regarding the effect of voluntary intoxication on the defendant's ability to form a specific intent. Mellins v. State, 395 So.2d 1207 (Fla. 4th DCA), review denied, 402 So.2d 613 (Fla. 1981).

Furthermore, there is a discrepancy between the court's oral pronouncement of sentence and the written sentence as to Count I. A defendant's sentence is properly what the trial court intended it to be. See United States v. Purcell, 715 F.2d 561, 563 (11th Cir. 1983). It appears to be clear from the sentence and from the sentencing guidelines scoresheet that the trial judge intended to sentence the defendant to seventeen years on Count I, yet the transcript of the oral pronouncement of sentence puts the sentence at seven years. The trial court should review the record, determine whether there was an error in the transcription, and correct the record to reflect the intended sentence. See Ferguson v. State, 460 So.2d 573 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).

AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART.

HERSEY, C.J., and LETTS, J., concur.


Summaries of

Gonzales v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 7, 1986
488 So. 2d 610 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)
Case details for

Gonzales v. State

Case Details

Full title:FRANCISCO GONZALES, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: May 7, 1986

Citations

488 So. 2d 610 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

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