Opinion

Brown v. State

  • 954 So. 2d 1177
  • 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 5282
  • 2007 WL 1062479
Court
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Filed
Apr 11, 2007
Status
Published
On the bench
Fletcher, Lagoa, Schwartz
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 1.1%

striking that portion of the sentence that improperly retained jurisdiction and affirming all else

How later courts described this case

  • striking that portion of the sentence that improperly retained jurisdiction and affirming all else
  • holding that any error in denying a defendant her or his right to be present at a critical stage or any proceeding is fundamental error, except in resentencing cases where only the “ministerial act” of sentence correction is required

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Orta v. State, 919 So.2d 602 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)(holding that any error in denying a defendant her or his right to be present at a critical stage or any proceeding is fundamental error, except in resentencing cases where only the “ministerial act” of sentence correction is required); Cook v. State, 481 So.2d 1285 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986)(striking that portion *1178 of the sentence that improperly retained jurisdiction and affirming all else).

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