Case Name: Steven R. MATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-03-01
Citations: 445 So. 2d 1121
Docket Number: No. 82-652
Parties: Steven R. MATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: COBB, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 445
Pages: 1121–1123

Head Matter:
Steven R. MATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-652.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 1, 1984.
Rehearing Denied March 1, 1984.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Theresa K. Edwards, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sean Daly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
ORFINGER, Chief Judge.
The opinion previously issued on October 13, 1983, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted in its stead.
Defendant appeals from what he contends is a discrepancy between the trial court's oral pronouncement that his sentence would be concurrent to any other sentence being served, and the written judgment and sentence which provided that his sentence here be consecutive to any such sentence.
The State conceded the discrepancy in its brief and agreed that "[gjiven the fact that the sentence rendered does not conform to the announced intention of the trial court, remand appears necessary for correction of the discrepancy/clerical error." Based on the transcript and the State's concession that a discrepancy existed, we vacated the sentence and remanded the ease to the trial court for imposition of sentence consistent with what both the defendant and the State represented had been pronounced in open court. By petition for rehearing, the State belatedly advised us that the transcript was incorrect; that the court reporter had erroneously transcribed her notes to indicate the pronouncement of a concurrent sentence when in fact the trial court had announced in open court that the sentence would be consecutive to any other sentence being served. The State's motion was supported by an affidavit from the court reporter. We were requested to correct the record on appeal and to withdraw our opinion.
After considering appellant's response to the State's motion, we relinquished jurisdiction to the trial court for the purpose of conducting a hearing and thereafter to rule on the State's Motion to Correct Record on Appeal. The trial court has held such hearing and has entered an order finding that the original transcription of the reporter's notes was erroneous, and that in fact the court imposed a consecutive sentence in open court. The transcript of the sentencing hearing has been corrected by substituting a corrected page to conform to the reporter's affidavit and the trial court's ruling.
It appears that there is no discrepancy between the oral pronouncement in open court and the written sentence and because no other error is demonstrated, the judgment and sentence are affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
COBB, J., concurs.
COWART, J., dissents with opinion.