CLAYTON JOHNSON, vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA,

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed October 21, 2020. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D19-2357 Lower Tribunal No. 98-21630 ________________ Clayton Johnson, Appellant, vs. The State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Richard L. Hersch, Judge. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Asad Ali, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before SCALES, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ. PER CURIAM. Clayton Johnson appeals a November 5, 2019 order designating Johnson a sexual predator pursuant to section 775.21 of the Florida Statutes. This designation was appropriate even though the trial court entered the subject order after Johnson served his sentence for the qualifying offense and was released from custody. See Cuevas v. State, 31 So. 3d 290 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010); contra McKenzie v. State, 272 So. 3d 808 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019), review granted, No. SC19-912, 2019 WL 4302123 (Fla. Sept. 11, 2019) (certifying conflict with Cuevas). Affirmed. 2

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