Case Name: Lenwood PATTMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-10-23
Citations: 404 So. 2d 1177
Docket Number: No. 80-931
Parties: Lenwood PATTMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GRIMES, Acting C. J., and RYDER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 404
Pages: 1177–1177

Head Matter:
Lenwood PATTMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-931.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 23, 1981.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow, and Robert F. Moeller, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
OTT, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of a charge of escape and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was at that time on parole from a sentence on another crime. The new 15-year sentence specified that it was "to commence after any parole violation sentence that might be imposed."
The quoted language was surplus-age. Unless the court specifically directed otherwise, the new sentence would as a matter of law be consecutive to any other sentence for an offense that was the subject of a separate indictment, information, or affidavit. § 921.16, Fla.Stat.
As constituted, the new sentence is impermissibly uncertain as to commencement. Keel v. State, 321 So.2d 86 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975). We therefore cure the deficiency by striking the surplusage. Teffeteller v. State, 396 So.2d 1171 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).
The judgment of conviction and the sentence, as amended, are AFFIRMED.
GRIMES, Acting C. J., and RYDER, J., concur.