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Simmons v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Sep 27, 1978
369 So. 2d 609 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

Opinion

No. HH-99.

September 27, 1978.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Santa Rosa County, Woodrow M. Melvin, J.

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Stephen Lindsey Gorman and Sidney L. Matthew, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


An information alleged that appellant committed a sexual battery and in the process thereof used or threatened to use a deadly weapon contrary to Section 794.011(3), Florida Statutes, (1975) (Count I) and further alleged that appellant committed a robbery contrary to Section 812.13(2)(a) (Count II). Appellant was found guilty by a jury of sexual battery through the use of a firearm and of petit larceny, a lesser included offense of Count II. Appellant was orally adjudicated guilty of these offenses and was sentenced to imprisonment of ninety-nine years as to Count I and to a consecutive term of sixty days as to Count II. The written judgment and sentence, however, reflects that appellant was adjudicated guilty of "sexual battery" (rather than sexual battery through the use of a deadly weapon as charged in the information) and was sentenced to a term of ninety-nine years, but makes no disposition concerning Count II.

Appellant's convictions are affirmed. The judgment is reversed and remanded with directions to the trial court to correct the judgment so as to conform to the jury's verdict and to the court's oral pronouncement. Appellant need not be present for this purpose.

McCORD, C.J., and BOYER and MILLS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Simmons v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Sep 27, 1978
369 So. 2d 609 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)
Case details for

Simmons v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES E. SIMMONS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Sep 27, 1978

Citations

369 So. 2d 609 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

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