Learn About the Law
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Edward Leonard COLTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Appellant challenges an amended order revoking his probation based solely on a new law violation. We affirm the amended revocation order without comment. Appellant also challenges the trial court's denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) motion that requested additional jail credit on his violation of probation sentence. We reverse and remand on that issue. On remand, the trial court should calculate Appellant's jail credit from September 25, 2016, the date of arrest on the new law violation, to December 1, 2016, the date of sentencing. See § 921.161, Fla. Stat. (2016); Kendrigan v. State, 941 So.2d 529, 529 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (“Appellant is entitled to credit for time served in jail from the date of his arrest for the new offenses if the new offenses constituted the basis for the revocation of probation in the instant cases.”); see also McCool v. State, 211 So.3d 304, 305 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).*
Affirmed in part, Reversed in part, and Remanded.
FOOTNOTES
FOOTNOTE. We disagree with the State that awarding additional jail credit on Appellant's violation of probation sentence could result in improper pyramiding under the logic of Ransone v. State, 48 So.3d 692, 694 (Fla. 2010). See Bagley v. State, 96 So.3d 1119, 1121 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012) (Lawson, J., concurring specially) (recognizing under Ransone that the defendant was not entitled to additional jail credit on a violation of probation sentence that was imposed consecutively to a sentence on the new law violation that formed the basis for revocation of probation). Here, Appellant ultimately received concurrent sentences on the new law violation and violation of probation, rendering this case one of the exceptions discussed in Bagley. 96 So.3d at 1121 (recognizing an exception to Ransone in cases where the trial court imposes the violation of probation sentence concurrently with the sentence on the new law violation).
Per Curiam.
Roberts, Rowe, and Winokur, JJ., concur.
A free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes visit FindLaw's Learn About the Law.
Docket No: No. 1D16-5654
Decided: December 27, 2018
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Search our directory by legal issue
Enter information in one or both fields (Required)
Harness the power of our directory with your own profile. Select the button below to sign up.
Learn more about FindLaw’s newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy.
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Search our directory by legal issue
Enter information in one or both fields (Required)