N.C. v. Anderson

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

WARNER, J.

We deny the motion for rehearing. Petitioner contends that failing to require oral pronouncement of the disposition violates due process, citing to State v. Williams, 712 So.2d 762, 764 (Fla.1998), and Justice v. State, 674 So.2d 123, 125 (Fla.1996). However, in each of those cases the supreme court acknowledged that the preference of the oral imposition of sentence over the written order was a matter of judicial policy. See id. It is not constitutionally compelled. Indeed, in Hill v. U.S. ex rel Wampler, 298 U.S. 460, 464, 56 S.Ct. 760, 80 L.Ed. 1283 (1936),…