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Walton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Sep 3, 2008
989 So. 2d 729 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4D08-2930.

September 3, 2008.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Marc Gold, Judge; L.T. Case No. 05-6982 CF 10 A.

Patrick L. Walton, Moore Haven, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.


Patrick Walton appeals the denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion, which sought credit towards his prison sentence for 100 days that Walton served on community control. Walton's motion cites cases that require time previously served on community control or probation to be considered when a court imposes a subsequent term of supervision for purposes of calculating the maximum term of supervision the defendant can be required to serve. See Kocher v. State, 651 So.2d 1288 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).

However, the probation statute expressly forbids a trial court from crediting any of the time a defendant serves on probation or community control towards a prison sentence imposed following revocation. § 948.06(3), Fla. Stat, (providing: "No part of the time that a defendant is on probation or community control shall be considered as any part of the time that he or she shall be sentenced to serve"). See also State v. Cregan, 908 So.2d 387 (Fla. 2005) (holding that a defendant who violates community control cannot be given credit against a subsequent term of incarceration for the time spent on community control, including time spent in a drug rehabilitation facility as a condition of community control).

Affirmed.

WARNER, TAYLOR and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Walton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Sep 3, 2008
989 So. 2d 729 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Walton v. State

Case Details

Full title:Patrick L. WALTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Sep 3, 2008

Citations

989 So. 2d 729 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

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