Sands v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “At sentencing . . . the Court initially indicated 14 years on the aggravated assault and 5 years on aggravated battery on the written judgment and sentence, however that was changed to reflect the Court's oral pronouncement of five years on the aggravated assault and 14 years on the aggravated battery. [ [4] ] Judge Hitt initialed these corrections on the written judgment and sentence. . . . Therefore, it was the intent of the Court to sentence [Brown] to 14 years on the aggravated battery and 5 years for aggravated assault. The State's Motion being timely filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b) and specifically alleging a correctable scrivener's error it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED the State's Motion to Correct Sentence is Granted, nunc pro tunc, sentencing [Brown] to 5 years on count one, aggravated assault and 14 years on count two, aggravated battery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 965 So. 2d 1234 - Brown v. State

2. “We acknowledge that the outcome here may not be to [appellant's] liking. After all, it is quite obvious that the essence of his complaint is not that he has been deprived of the benefit of his bargain; rather, it is that he did not receive from the trial court a less severe sentence than he bargained for. We believe, however, that a plea agreement should be adhered to by both parties if it is legally permissible to do so. The trial court attempted to provide both [appellant] and the State what they were entitled to under their plea agreement, but it made a mistake in the calculation of the total probationary sentence. We will correct that error by requiring the trial court to reduce [appellant's] aggregate probationary sentence by 4.8 months.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 965 So. 2d 1234 - Brown v. State