Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2016

George Cousnard v. State of Florida

George Cousnard v. State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 12, 2016 · Wetherell, Rowe, Osterhaus
188 So. 3d 936; 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5535; 2016 WL 1436519 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

George Cousnard v. State of Florida

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We affirm Appellant’s revocation of probation and sentence based on his new law violation, possession of marijuana. But based on the state’s proper eoncession of error in response to our Hamson order, 1 we reverse the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s motion to correct sentencing error filed during the pendency of this appeal under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). 2

In Appellant’s Rule 3.800(b)(2) motion, he asserted he was entitled to nine (9) additional days’ jail credit. Based on our review of the record, it appears the trial court awarded Appellant at least three (3) extra days credit for time served in jail between his arrest on May 28, 2014, for his new law violation, and his violation of probation hearing on October 21, 2014 (exclusive of the days he was out on bond). However, it appears this award of jail credit did not include all twelve (12) days’ credit awarded Appellant on November 4, 2013, when he was originally placed on probation. See Gammon v. State, 738 So.2d 980, 981 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Young v. State, 840 So.2d 468, 468 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). Therefore, we reverse the denial of Appellant’s Rule 3.800(b)(2) motion, and remand to the trial court to recalculate Appellant’s credit for time served and re-sentence him as appropriate.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part and REMANDED with directions.

WETHERELL, ROWE, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.
1

. Harrison v. State, 146 So.3d 76 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (establishing a procedure pursuant to which the state is given an opportunity to respond to preserved sentencing error claims raised in an Anders brief).

2

. Because the trial court never ruled on Appellant’s motion to correct sentencing error, it was deemed denied. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(b)(2)(B).

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