Clifton Cinamon v. State of Florida
── Clifton Cinamon v. State of Florida ──
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date: April 24, 2026
Category: General
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-3361
LT Case No. 05-2025-CF-019008-A
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CLIFTON CINAMON,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County.
Stephen George Henderson, Judge.
Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and William E. Partington,
III, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kurt T.
Koehler, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for
Appellee.
April 24, 2026
PER CURIAM.
We affirm this Anders1 appeal in all respects but remand with
instructions to correct a scrivener’s error in the written sentence.
The trial court revoked Appellant’s community control and
sentenced him to serve 56.7 months in the Department of
1. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
Corrections, but the written sentence incorrectly reflects a prison
term of 56.750 months. Because a “court’s oral pronouncement
controls over the written sentence,” we remand for the court to
correct the scrivener’s error in the written sentence. Bennett v.
State, 418 So. 3d 813, 813 (Fla. 5th DCA 2025); see Walker v. State,
393 So. 3d 274, 275 (Fla. 5th DCA 2024) (“It is well-settled law that
the oral pronouncement of the sentence controls over a written
order or sentence that differs.”); Crenshaw v. State, 338 So. 3d 425,
425 (Fla. 5th DCA 2022) (affirming Anders appeal but remanding
to correct a scrivener’s error imposing a ten-year minimum-
mandatory sentence, which conflicted with the oral
pronouncement of three years). Correction of this error is a
ministerial act, so Appellant need not be present. See Crenshaw,
338 So. 3d at 425.
AFFIRMED and REMANDED for entry of a corrected order.
WALLIS, KILBANE, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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