Case No. 6D2024-1955Lower Tribunal No. 1996-CF-316
KENNETH BALDWIN,
Appellant,v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Charlotte County.
Lisa Porter, Judge.
July 24, 2026
WOZNIAK, J.
We affirm the trial court’s order denying Appellant’s amended motion tocorrect sentence without prejudice to Appellant’s filing a Florida Rule of CriminalProcedure 3.800(a) motion in the trial court to correct the scrivener’s errormistakenly referencing the entry of a no contest plea to Count II. SeeFreeman v.State, 415 So. 3d 923, 923 (Fla. 6th DCA 2025) (“We decline to reach the merits ofFreeman’s additional claim that the revocation order contains a scrivener’s errorbecause that claim is not preserved for our review and does not constitutefundamental error.” (citing Thomas v. State, 725 So. 2d 1148, 1149 (Fla. 2d DCA
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21998))); Jones v. State, 413 So. 3d 839, 839-40 (Fla. 6th DCA 2024) (findingscrivener’s error issue preserved because it was first raised via a rule 3.800(b)motion).AFFIRMED without prejudice.MIZE and GANNAM, JJ., concur.Kenneth Baldwin, Bushnell, pro se.James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, SeniorAssistant Attorney General, and David Campbell, Assistant Attorney General,Tampa, for Appellee.NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARINGAND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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