# Walton v. State

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · February 12, 2013 · 106 So. 3d 522

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4798308

## Case

- **Full name:** Leronnie Lee WALTON v. STATE of Florida
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** February 12, 2013
- **Citations:** 106 So. 3d 522; 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 2109; 2013 WL 500386
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Benton
- **Judges:** Benton, Clark, Davis, Lewis, Makar, Marstiller, Nortwick, Padovano, Ray, Roberts, Rowe, Swanson, Thomas, Wetherell, Wolf
- **Cited by:** 61 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Abrogated implicitly by Ronald Williams v. State of Florida, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 73 (2016).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4798308

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a defendant need not be present at- resentencing if the error to be corrected is purely ministerial or clerical, and involves no exercise of the court’s discretion; ministerial or clerical corrections include changing the written sentence to conform to the oral pr…

## Opinion text

BENTON, C.J.,
concurring in result.
I concur in the court’s judgment insofar as it affirms the appellant’s convictions. I agree that the sentences pronounced below must be reversed because the defendant was not present, and did not waive his right to be present, at sentencing.

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