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George Cousnard v. State of Florida, 14-5331 (2016)

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida Number: 14-5331 Visitors: 14
Filed: Apr. 11, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA GEORGE COUSNARD, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D14-5331 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed April 12, 2016. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Terry P. Lewis, Judge. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Donna A. Gerace, Assistant
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                                     IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                                     FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

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

v.                                   CASE NO. 1D14-5331

STATE OF FLORIDA,

      Appellee.


_____________________________/

Opinion filed April 12, 2016.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Terry P. Lewis, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, for
Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Donna A. Gerace, Assistant Attorney
General, for Appellee.




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 concession
of error in response to our Harrison 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 resentence 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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