MICHAEL JOSEPH DEMPSEY, III v. STATE OF FLORIDA ( 2023 )


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  •        DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
    FOURTH DISTRICT
    MICHAEL JOSEPH DEMPSEY, III,
    Appellant,
    v.
    STATE OF FLORIDA,
    Appellee.
    No. 4D22-647
    [August 9, 2023]
    Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St.
    Lucie County; William L. Roby, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 562020CF000271A
    and 562019CF002266A.
    Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Paul Edward Petillo, Assistant
    Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lindsay A. Warner,
    Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
    DAMOORGIAN, J.
    Michael Joseph Dempsey, III (“Defendant”) appeals the two orders of
    revocation of community control entered in two separate cases. Both
    revocation orders were entered on March 7, 2022. Finding no merit to
    Defendant’s arguments on appeal for reversal, we affirm without further
    comment. Nonetheless, we are compelled to remand with instructions to
    correct both revocation orders because, as the State concedes, the orders
    identify a condition of community control which the State failed to prove
    Defendant violated.
    After a hearing on Defendant’s violation of community control, the trial
    court made oral findings and entered a written order that provided, inter
    alia, the specific conditions of community control which Defendant had
    violated. Thereafter, on March 7, 2022, the trial court entered two nunc
    pro tunc orders of revocation of community control, both of which included
    violations of Standard Condition 16—failing to remain confined at an
    approved residence. However, as the State has conceded, no evidence or
    findings pertained to a violation of Standard Condition 16.
    Accordingly, we affirm the orders revoking Defendant’s community
    control and the corresponding sentences, but remand solely for entry of
    corrected revocation orders removing Standard Condition 16 as a ground
    for revocation. See Henry v. State, 
    313 So. 3d 757
    , 760 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020)
    (affirming the order revoking community control and the corresponding
    sentence but remanding for entry of a corrected revocation order to
    accurately reflect the correct conditions that were violated).
    Affirmed and remanded with instructions.
    WARNER and KUNTZ, JJ., concur.
    *        *         *
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 22-0647

Filed Date: 8/9/2023

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 8/9/2023