Jeffers v. State
Jeffers v. State
Opinion of the Court
On August 13, 2008, Joshua Jeffers pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious battery in violation of section 800.04, Florida Statutes (2007). The court sentenced Jeffers to two years in prison followed by ten years of sex offender probation. On March 17, 2011, Jeffers admitted to violating the terms of his probation. After a hearing pursuant to section 948.06(8)(d), Florida Statutes (2010), the court designated Jeffers as a violent offender of special concern and sentenced him to 115.5 months’ incarceration followed by 64.5 months’ probation. Jeffers raises two issues on appeal. First, he contends that the trial court erred in designating him as a violent offender of special concern because he committed the qualifying offense before section 948.06(8) became effective. Second, he argues that the trial court failed to award him proper credit for time previously served on probation. We review both issues de novo. See Moore v. State, 882 So.2d 977, 980 (Fla. 2004); Flowers v. State, 899 So.2d 1257, 1259 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).
Jeffers relies on this court’s opinion in Cherington v. State, 24 So.3d 658 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009), to argue that he does not qualify as a violent offender of special concern. In Cherington, this court stated in dicta that section 948.06(8) became effective on October 1, 2007. Id. at 663. Jef-fers argues that he committed a qualifying offense on September 22, 2007, a week prior to the effective date of the statute. However, as the State correctly argues in its brief, it is clear that section 948.06(8) became effective on March 12, 2007, and that this court misstated the effective date of the statute in its previous opinion. See ch.2007-2, § 13, at 105, Laws of Fla. Here, Jeffers committed a qualifying of
Jeffers also argues that the trial court erred in failing to award jail time credit for time previously served on probation.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
. Lewd and lascivious battery in violation of section 800.04 is a qualifying offense under section 948.06(8)(c)(5).
. We note that the trial court entered an order on March 19, 2012, granting Jeffers proper credit for time previously served on probation. However, because Jeffers’ appeal was pending in this court, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider Jeffers' motion to correct sentence and the trial court's order is a nullity. See Miran v. State, 46 So.3d 186, 188 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).
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