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Thompson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Nov 12, 2009
20 So. 3d 1022 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 4D06-4362.

November 12, 2009.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Lucy Chernow Brown, Judge; L.T. Case No. 99-13345 CFA02.

Michael R. Hanrahan of Michael R. Hanrahan, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Based upon the state's concession of error, we reverse the sentence imposed after appellant's violation of probation. In State v. Rabedeau, 2 So.3d 191 (Fla. 2009), decided after the sentencing in this case, the supreme court disapproved the holding of Gisi v. State, 948 So.2d 816 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), on which the trial court had relied in denying credit for time served on the second of two counts on which the court imposed consecutive sentences. The defendant in Rabedeau was originally sentenced to concurrent terms for several counts and served time in prison. After violating his probation, he was sentenced to consecutive terms but given credit for time served against only the first count. The supreme court held that "defendants who are sentenced to concurrent terms in multiple cases are entitled to credit for time served in each of the cases upon resentencing." Rabedeau, 2 So.3d at 192.

In this case, just as in Rabedeau, the defendant was originally sentenced to concurrent terms for two counts. Upon violation of probation, the trial court imposed consecutive terms for those two counts but gave credit for time served only on the first count. Consistent with Rabedeau, we reverse and remand for the trial court to award credit for time served against both of the consecutive sentences imposed on appellant.

Reversed and remanded to correct sentence.

WARNER, LEVINE, JJ., and McCANN, JAMES W., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Thompson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Nov 12, 2009
20 So. 3d 1022 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Thompson v. State

Case Details

Full title:Anthony J. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 12, 2009

Citations

20 So. 3d 1022 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)