Deric Trumaine Ward v. State of Florida
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Opinion
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________
Case No. 6D2024-1514 Lower Tribunal No. 2021-CF-8774 _____________________________
DERIC TRUMAINE WARD,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
_____________________________
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Dana Y. Moore, Judge.
December 19, 2025
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Avalos v. State, 419 So. 3d 299, 300 (Fla. 6th DCA 2025)
(“[Avalos] argues his sentence . . . is unconstitutional under the United States
Supreme Court’s recent decision in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024).
We affirm without deciding Erlinger’s impact . . . because, even assuming Erlinger
applies, any error in this case is harmless.”).
WOZNIAK, WHITE and GANNAM, JJ., concur. Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Jeri Delgado, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tayna Alexander, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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