Case Name: Benny ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-02-21
Citations: 752 So. 2d 1230
Docket Number: No. 1D99-0721
Parties: Benny ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: KAHN, J., and SHIVERS, DOUGLASS B., SENIOR JUDGE, CONCUR. BENTON, J., DISSENTS WITH OPINION.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 752
Pages: 1230–1230

Head Matter:
Benny ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D99-0721.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 21, 2000.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 2000.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Terri León-Benner, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Benny Roberts appeals his conviction for sale or delivery of cocaine. He contends that the trial court erred by refusing his requested jury instruction on knowledge, and that there is a scrivener's error in the written judgment. After a careful study of the trial transcript, we find there was no genuine dispute on the issue of knowledge and, in light of all the evidence, we are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the omitted instruction here was harmless. See Pratt v. State, 429 So.2d 366 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Gains v. State, 417 So.2d 719, 724-25 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982), disapproved, on other grounds, State v. Kinchen, 490 So.2d 21 (Fla.1985); Ryals v. State, 716 So.2d 313 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), review denied, 727 So.2d 910 (Fla.1998); cf. Gardner v. State, 742 So.2d 840, 841 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) (finding that defendant's requested instruction on knowledge should have been provided where defendant's position at trial was that he believed the substance he sold was counterfeit soap, not cocaine).
We agree, however, that there is a scrivener's error in the written judgment and sentence. Appellant was convicted of sale or delivery of cocaine, not sexual battery. Accordingly, we remand for correction of the scrivener's error, but affirm in all other respects.
KAHN, J., and SHIVERS, DOUGLASS B., SENIOR JUDGE, CONCUR. BENTON, J., DISSENTS WITH OPINION.