Lawrence George Robinson v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: July 29, 2019
• Docket: 18-1910
• Status: Published

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D18-1910 _____________________________

LAWRENCE GEORGE ROBINSON,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. John L. Miller, Judge.

July 29, 2019

PER CURIAM.

Lawrence George Robinson raises two issues on appeal: (a) whether the trial court’s determination that he violated probation was based solely on hearsay, and (b) whether his sentence should be corrected to reflect an award of 104 days jail credit. We affirm as to the first issue, but reverse and remand as to the second. As the State concedes, the amended judgment and sentence did not reflect the corrected jail credit of 104 days’ time served and should be corrected on remand. See McCool v. State, 211 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017) (explaining that a “defendant is entitled to an award of credit for all time spent in jail prior to sentencing in a violation of probation case, which includes all time spent in jail prior to original sentencing plus all time spent in jail prior to any subsequent violation sentencings.”) (quoting Jenkins v. State, 749 So. 2d 527, 528 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)).

REVERSED and REMANDED for resentencing.

MAKAR, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Barbara Debelius, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.