Gordon v. State, PP-398

Decision Date14 February 1980
Docket NumberNo. PP-398,PP-398
Citation379 So.2d 1022
PartiesRobert Earl GORDON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, and Carl S. McGinnes, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

McCORD, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of the trial court's denial of his motion to correct sentence. We reverse.

On May 1, 1979, while on probation, appellant was jailed on a charge of burglary on which he was subsequently acquitted. On May 26, 1979, while appellant remained in jail on the burglary charge, an affidavit alleging a violation of probation on the basis of the burglary charge was served on appellant. Pursuant to that affidavit, the trial court held a probation revocation hearing on August 17, 1979, at the conclusion of which the court found appellant had violated his probation conditions. Thereupon, the trial court adjudicated appellant guilty of the original charge and sentenced him to five years in prison with credit time given only for 10 months which appellant earlier had spent in jail as a condition of his probation.

In his motion to correct sentence, appellant argued that the trial court had improperly failed to grant him credit for the time he spent in jail after his May 1 arrest on the subsequent burglary charge. We find that the trial court erred in not giving appellant credit for time served from May 1, 1979, to August 17, 1979, in that he was held during that entire time on the charge which prompted the revocation of his probation. § 921.161, Fla.Stat., and Voulo v. Wainwright, 290 So.2d 58 (Fla.1974).

REVERSED and REMANDED for resentencing in light of this opinion.

MILLS, C. J., and BOOTH, J., concur.

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  • Kendrigan v. State, 4D06-3131.
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • November 8, 2006
    ...Thompson v. Wainwright, 447 So.2d 383 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984); Pauldo v. State, 390 So.2d 125, 126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Gordon v. State, 379 So.2d 1022 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). See also Voulo v. Wainwright, 290 So.2d 58 (Fla. 1974) (explaining that a defendant cannot be on parole and in jail at the......
  • Bagley v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • September 7, 2012
    ...So.2d 543, 545 (Fla.1986) (emphasis in original)). The contrary special rule followed in Smith can be traced back to Gordon v. State, 379 So.2d 1022 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). In Gordon, the sole basis for the defendant's violation of probation was a new offense for which the defendant had been a......
  • Lavrich v. State, 93-1364
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • March 23, 1994
    ...custody 1 on the charges of violating his community control, including the time he spent in jails of other counties. Gordon v. State, 379 So.2d 1022 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980); Kronz v. State, 462 So.2d 450 (Fla.1985). However, contrary to Lavrich's assertions, it cannot be determined with certain......
  • Joyner v. Karsner, PP-22
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • February 14, 1980

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