Jenigen v. State, 2D00-4864.

Decision Date28 November 2001
Docket NumberNo. 2D00-4864.,2D00-4864.
Citation801 So.2d 156
PartiesBrian Paul JENIGEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Phillip J. Jones of Wilkins, Frohlich, Jones, Hevia, Russell & Sutter, P.A., Port Charlotte, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

STRINGER, Judge.

Brian Jenigen challenges his sentences imposed after the revocation of his community control. Jenigen alleges that the sentences amounted to upward departures from the sentencing guidelines without written reasons. Jenigen also alleges that the trial court erred in not giving him credit for time served while in a residential drug treatment program. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

In 1997, Jenigen pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance in case 97-1115 and was sentenced to two years' probation. In 1998, an affidavit of violation of probation was filed alleging that Jenigen violated his probation in several aspects, including the allegation that he committed the crimes of driving under the influence (DUI) and felony driving while license suspended or revoked. Jenigen pleaded no contest to those offenses in case 98-777 and also pleaded no contest to violating his probation in case 97-1115. On the violation of probation, the trial court sentenced Jenigen to five years' incarceration, suspended after twelve months, with the remaining years to be served on community control and probation. In case 98-777, the trial court imposed the same sentence it had imposed in case 97-1115 with both sentences to run concurrently. As a condition of his community control, Jenigen was required to successfully complete a residential drug treatment program.

After serving the incarcerative portion of his sentence, Jenigen successfully completed a six-month residential drug treatment program. However, upon his release from the program, Jenigen violated his community control for both cases. Jenigen pleaded no contest to the violations. The plea form stated that Jenigen's sentence would be imposed within the guidelines unless the trial court expressed clear and convincing reasons for a departure sentence. Jenigen's sentencing guidelines range in both cases was 27.3 to 45.5 months in state prison. In each case, the trial court sentenced Jenigen to five years' incarceration with 509 days' credit for time served. Both sentences were to run concurrently. The trial court entered no written reasons for imposing the departure sentences. The trial court also denied Jenigen's request for six months' credit for the time he served in a residential drug treatment program.

Jenigen's original sentence was a true split sentence. After the revocation of the probationary portion of a true split sentence, the trial court may impose a sentence for the full period of the original sentence with credit for time served. Crews v. State, 779 So.2d 492, 493-94 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). However, the cumulative incarceration imposed after violation of probation is still subject...

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    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • December 11, 2002
    ...Based upon Poore v. State, 531 So.2d 161 (Fla.1988); Lawrence v. State, 682 So.2d 582 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996); and Jenigen v. State, 801 So.2d 156 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001), we agree and After entering into a plea agreement Mr. Wardlaw was originally sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment to be suspe......
  • McPherson v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • December 23, 2015
    ...there is a departure sentence with written findings.” § 921.001(5) ; Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.702(d)(18)(A) ; see also Jenigen v. State, 801 So.2d 156, 157 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (citing Pope v. State, 561 So.2d 554 (Fla.1990) ) (reversing and remanding for resentencing “[b]ecause the sentences impos......

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