DALE CARSON, APPELLANT,
v.
RAYMOND ALLAN BISHOP, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1979-12-27
No. MM-375
MILLS, C. J., and ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr. and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.
378 So. 2d 882 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1979) Negative Treatment
Cited by 14 cases

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Synopsis

Appellant Carson challenged the habeas corpus release of parolee Bishop, arguing that Florida parole statutes authorized indefinite detention for parole violations. The court affirmed the release, holding that when a parolee is arrested on a felony charge, specific statutes limit detention to ten days without a hearing, preventing the potential abuse of repeated detention for the same violation.


Holding

Section 949.11 creates a specific exception to the general parole violation statutes when a parolee is arrested on a felony charge, limiting detention to ten days without a hearing. The ten-day limitation in Section 949.11 applies to felony arrests, overriding the general 'as soon as practicable' standard in Section 947.23.


Headnotes

[1] A parolee arrested on a felony charge is subject to the specific procedures outlined in Florida Statutes Sections 949.10 and 949.11, which supersede the general provision…

[2] Florida Statutes Section 949.11 mandates that a parole revocation hearing for a parolee arrested on a felony charge must be held within 10 days of the arrest.

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Key Quotes

“Reference to Section 947.23 in Section 949.-11 suggests that rather than holding the hearing "as soon as practicable after the arrest," in the case of a parolee who is arrested on a subsequent felony charge the ten-day limitation applies.”

Establishes the court's interpretation that Section 949.11 creates an exception to the general parole procedures by imposing a specific ten-day deadline for hearings.

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Facts & Procedural History

Appellee was arrested in November 1978, posted bond, but was detained for ten days after his parole status was discovered. He was released on December…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges Appellee’s release from custody on a habeas corpus petition. We affirm. Appellee was arrested in St. Johns County in November 1978. He posted bond but, after he was discovered to be on parole, was detained in jail for ten days. He was released on December 1 without charges of parole violation having been filed. He was arrested again, however, on December 18, 1978, on a warrant issued by the Florida Parole & Probation Commission and was incarcerated in Duval County for parole violation. Appellee’s request for bond was denied, so he petitioned for habeas corpus and, after a hearing, was released.

Appellant contends Section 947.22, Florida Statutes (1977), allows for incarceration when a parolee violates a condition of his parole, and Section 947.23 demands a parole revocation hearing “[a]s soon as practicable after the arrest •. . . .”

Appellant’s argument might be convincing were it not for the existence of other relevant statutes. Section 949.10, Florida Statutes (1977), states that subsequent arrest of a parolee on a felony charge immediately and temporarily revokes parole, the parolee to remain in custody. Section 949.-11 requires a hearing on parole revocation after arrest on a felony charge, but:

The hearing shall be held within 10 days from the date of such arrest, the provisions of s. 947.23 . . . notwithstanding. Failure of the commission or the court to hold the hearing within 10 days from the date of arrest shall cause the immediate release of such person from incarceration on the temporary revocation. [Emphasis supplied.]

Reference to Section 947.23 in Section 949.-11 suggests that rather than holding the hearing “as soon as practicable after the arrest,” in the case of a parolee who is arrested on a subsequent felony charge the ten-day limitation applies. In the instant case, Appellee was arrested and held in jail without hearing for ten days in St. Johns County (his paróle having been automatically revoked by the terms of Section 949.10) and then rearrested and reincarcerated in Duval County.

, Given the language of Section 949.11, it would appear the Legislature created a specific exception to Section 947.23 when a parolee is arrested on a felony charge. That is, Section 947.22 — reasonable grounds to believe parole has been violated — applies to violation of any term or condition of parole other than arrest on a felony charge. If the latter occurs, Sections 949.10 and 949.11 govern the procedures to be followed.

To follow Appellant’s argument would be to countenance significant potential abuse. In a case such as this, when a parolee is arrested for a felony, he could simply be allowed to remain in jail for ten days without any attempt by the Commission to hold a hearing and then be released pursuant to Section 949.11, only to be imprisoned again under Section 947.22 for the same alleged parole violation while the Commission prepares to hold its hearing “as soon as practicable.” See Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92 S.Ct. 2593, 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972). Such practice cannot be approved in light of the plain language of Sections 949.10 and 949.11.

AFFIRMED.

MILLS, C. J., and ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr. and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.


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  • State v. Sylvester, 401 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)
    …hin 10 days of the parolee’s arrest. The court ruled in this manner despite the fact that Sylvester had been arrested by a parole supervisor subsequent to the temporary revocation of parole. This ruling was similar to the result in Carson v. Bishop, 378 So. 2d 882 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). There, the First District held that Section 947.22 (which empowers the Parole and Probation Commission to issue warrants and make arrests when reasonable grounds to believe a parole violation exists) only applies to violations o…
  • Miller v. Toles, 442 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 1983)
    …peal affirming that denial. Miller v. Toles, 407 So. 2d 1069 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). The district court cited its own earlier decision, State v. Sylvester, 401 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981) and acknowledged the conflict created with Carson v. Bishop, 378 So. 2d 882 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979), cert. denied, 386 So. 2d 634 (Fla.1980). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. For the reasons stated herein, we quash the decision of the court below. Petitioner, a parolee, w…
  • Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n v. August Alby, 400 So. 2d 864 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)
    …ition for writ of habeas corpus and the denial of its (the Commission’s) motion for writ of prohibition. We reverse the former and affirm the latter. In granting the petition for writ of habe-as corpus the trial court relied upon Carson v. Bishop, 378 So. 2d 882 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979), cert. denied, 386 So. 2d 634 (Fla.1980), which we recently specifically rejected in State v. Sylvester, 401 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). The trial court did not have the benefit of our opinion in Sylvester at the time of its…

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