DERIC TRUMAINE WARD v. STATE OF FLORIDA

2024-1514Fla Dist Ct App 6th

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S IXTH D ISTRICT C OURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
_____________________________
Case No. 6D2024-1514
Lower Tribunal No. 2021-CF-8774
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D ERIC T RUMAINE W ARD,
Appellant,
v.
S TATE OF F LORIDA ,
Appellee.
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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.
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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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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2024-1514
Lower Tribunal No. 2021-CF-8774

DERIC TRUMAINE WARD,
Appellant,
Vv.
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 Evlinger
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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