Washington v. State
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT GERREN JOSEPH WASHINGTON, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________ ) Case No. 2D16-3036 Opinion filed October 20, 2017. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; J. Frank Porter, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. SILBERMAN, Judge. In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm the revocation of Gerren Joseph Washington's community control and resulting sentence. We remand only to correct two scrivener's errors in the revocation order. 1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). First, Washington's appellate counsel pointed out in her Anders brief that the revocation order incorrectly reflects that Washington admitted to the violation of community control instead of accurately reflecting that the trial court found him to be in violation after an evidentiary hearing. Second, the affidavit of violation alleges a violation of condition 15 of Washington's community control for failure to remain at his approved residence. However, condition 16 requires him to remain at his approved residence; condition 15 requires him to report to his officer as directed. The affidavit of violation described a violation of condition 16 for failing to be at his approved residence but merely cited the wrong condition number. The State presented evidence that proved and the trial court found that Washington was away from his approved residence in violation of his community control, a violation of condition 16. A violation of supervision need not be alleged with the same specificity necessary for an information charging an offense, see Hollingshead v. State, 846 So. 2d 627, 629 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003), and even a charging document's error in citation "shall not be ground for dismissing the count or for a reversal of a conviction based thereon if the error or omission did not mislead the defendant to the defendant's prejudice." McMann v. State, 954 So. 2d 90, 91 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (quoting Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.140(d)(1)). It was clear in this case to all parties and the court that the alleged violation was for Washington being away from his approved residence, a violation of condition 16. Thus, we affirm the revocation of community control and sentence but remand to correct the scrivener's error in the revocation order to properly reflect that the -2- trial court found Washington in violation after a hearing. See Mitchell v. State, 190 So. 3d 1135, 1135 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016). In addition, on remand the trial court shall correct the scrivener's error to show in the revocation order that Washington was actually found in violation of condition 16. Affirmed and remanded. SALARIO and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur. -3-
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