CHRISTOPHER LYNN KOPPE vs STATE OF FLORIDA

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: March 3, 2023
• Docket: 22-3069
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

CHRISTOPHER LYNN KOPPE,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D22-3069 LT Case No. 2008-CF-043786-A STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed March 3, 2023

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Tesha Scolaro Ballou, Judge.

Christopher Lynn Koppe, Avon Park, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Wagner v. State, 177 So. 3d 695, 697 (Fla. 5th DCA

2015) (recognizing that when a defendant enters an open plea, there is no

plea agreement between the defendant and the State, and the trial court has

the absolute discretion to determine the appropriate sentence); Jacoby v.

State, 215 So. 3d 168, 171–72 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) (recognizing that if a defendant is sentenced to a new prison sentence upon the revocation of the

probationary term of a probationary split sentence, the defendant is not

entitled to credit for the full amount of the original sentence if he obtained an

early release due to gain time—he is entitled to credit for the time he actually

served in prison); Brown v. State, 268 So. 3d 177, 179 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019)

(“[F]orfeiture of gain time is a collateral consequence, and . . . neither the

circuit court nor counsel was required to forewarn the defendant about that

collateral consequence.” (citing Ortiz v. State, 227 So. 3d 682, 684 (Fla. 3d

DCA 2017))); State v. Rodriguez, 990 So. 2d 600, 606–07 (Fla. 3d DCA

2008) (“[T]here is no requirement that a defendant be given a specifically

quantified amount of time that he is expected to serve in prison.”).

LAMBERT, C.J., MAKAR and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.