Cox v. State
Cox v. State
Opinion of the Court
William Cox challenges the trial court’s refusal to award credit for jail time served prior to a violation of probation. We reverse.
Cox was originally charged with a home invasion robbery. After entering a plea, he was sentenced to 364 days’ incarceration followed by five years’ probation.
After filing a notice of appeal, appellate counsel filed a motion to correct sentencing error pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2), seeking credit for the time Cox previously served as part of the original sentence. That motion was denied.
We have no transcript and cannot determine what position, if any, the State took on the motion to correct the sentencing error. On appeal, the State quite correctly has conceded error. Florida law requires the award of jail time credit unless the accused has waived his or her right to this entitlement. Briggs v. State, 929 So.2d 1151, 1153 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). The fact that a defendant is resentenced following a violation of probation does not alter this outcome. Tomiuk v. State, 663 So.2d 681, 681 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); see also § 921.0017, Fla. Stat. (2011); Saavedra v. State, 59 So.3d 191, 192 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
. That sentence was imposed by a prior judge.
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