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Joshua Blankenship v. State of Florida, 14-0812 (2014)

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida Number: 14-0812 Visitors: 6
Filed: Jul. 30, 2014
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA JOSHUA BLANKENSHIP, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D14-0812 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed July 25, 2014. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. James H. Daniel, Judge. Joshua Blankenship, pro se, Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Joshua Blankenship appeals an order denying
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                                      IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                                      FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

JOSHUA BLANKENSHIP,                   NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                      FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
      Appellant,                      DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

v.                                    CASE NO. 1D14-0812

STATE OF FLORIDA,

      Appellee.

_____________________________/

Opinion filed July 25, 2014.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
James H. Daniel, Judge.

Joshua Blankenship, pro se, Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.




PER CURIAM.

      Joshua Blankenship appeals an order denying his motion for an additional

337 days jail credit related to a conviction and 12-month jail sentence with credit

for 51 days. According to his argument, when the arrest warrant in this case was

issued, he was in the custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC) serving a

sentence in an unrelated case. The warrant was not immediately executed. Rather,
he was arrested by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office months later in the DOC

parking lot upon his release from DOC’s custody on August 23, 2013. Mr.

Blankenship asserts that he subsequently entered a plea in this case on October 16,

2013, and received the above-described county jail sentence.

      In denying Mr. Blankenship’s motion for an additional 337 days jail credit,

the trial court found that Mr. Blankenship “was awarded the proper amount of jail

time credit for time served, 51 days.” We affirm the trial court’s conclusion that

Mr. Blankenship is not due credit for time served while in DOC’s custody. See

Gethers v. State, 
838 So. 2d 504
(Fla. 2003); Cregg v. State, 
43 So. 3d 818
(Fla. 1st

DCA 2010). But it appears that Mr. Blankenship is entitled to one additional day’s

credit—52 days instead of 51—for the time spent in jail between August 26, 2013,

and October 16, 2013. The State of Florida apparently agrees. Citing Florida Rule

of Judicial Administration 2.514(a), it stated in a response to this court that: “it

appears, based on the facts asserted by Appellant, that he would be entitled to 52

days of time served rather than the 51 days awarded by the trial court.”

      We recognize that there may be facts not present in the record on appeal

which may have informed the trial court’s decision to grant only 51 days credit to

Mr. Blankenship. We thus reverse and remand this case for the trial court to attach

the portion of the record which refutes Appellant’s entitlement to 52 days credit; to

resentence Mr. Blankenship with credit for 52 days of time served; or for other

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appropriate proceedings consistent with this opinion. See Waye v. State, 
114 So. 3d
350, 351 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) (remanding because Florida Rule of Appellate

Procedure 9.141(b)(2)(D) requires the appellate record to “show[] conclusively

that the appellant is entitled to no relief”).

REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.

BENTON, CLARK, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., CONCUR.




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