WENDI MICHELLE SHEPMAN, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

Fla. 5th DCA | 2018-07-06
No. Case No. 5D18-1546
249 So. 3d 1318 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2018) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

Wendi Michelle Shepman appealed the summary denial of her motion for jail credit under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801 for six days of pretrial detention. The Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, reversed and remanded because the postconviction court failed to comply with procedural requirements by summarily denying the motion without attaching court records that conclusively refuted her claim.


Holding

The court reversed and remanded because the postconviction court failed to comply with Rule 3.801 procedural requirements. Under Rule 3.801, when a defendant files a legally sufficient motion for jail credit that cannot be conclusively refuted as a matter of law or by court records, the trial court must either grant the credit or conduct an evidentiary hearing, and if denying the motion based on records, must attach portions of those records to the order.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court must comply with procedural requirements when resolving jail credit claims under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801.

[2] A defendant is not required to affirmatively allege that court records demonstrate entitlement to jail credit or attach supporting documentation to a Rule 3.801 motion.

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“Under Rule 3.801, a defendant does not have to affirmatively allege that the court records demonstrate on their face an entitlement to relief, nor does a defendant have to attach any documentation to support his or her claim or allege where in the record the information can be located.”

Establishes the procedural standard for Rule 3.801 motions and what defendants must prove

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Facts & Procedural History

Shepman filed a Rule 3.801 motion seeking jail credit for the period from August 13 to August 18, 2016. The postconviction court summarily denied the …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Wendi Michelle Shepman1 appeals the summary denial of her Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801 motion for jail credit. Because the postconviction court did not comply with the procedural requirements for resolving jail credit claims under this rule, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Shepman argues on appeal that the court failed to award her jail credit for the period of time from August 13 to August 18, 2016. In summarily denying this motion, the court, without attaching any court records to its order, held that Shepman had failed to show an entitlement to jail credit for this time period because she had *1319not provided evidence that she was in jail. This was error.

In Adkins v. State , 183 So.3d 1102, 1104 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015), we explained that:

Under Rule 3.801, a defendant does not have to affirmatively allege that the court records demonstrate on their face an entitlement to relief, nor does a defendant have to attach any documentation to support his or her claim or allege where in the record the information can be located. Under Rule 3.801, if a defendant files a legally sufficient motion, the trial court should grant the additional credit or conduct an evidentiary hearing, unless the motion can be conclusively refuted either as a matter of law or by reliance upon the records in the case. If the summary denial is based on the records in the case, a copy of the portion of the files and records that conclusively proves that the defendant is not entitled to relief shall be attached to the final order. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850 (f)(5),(8); Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.801.

Here, Shepman filed a legally sufficient motion that was not conclusively refuted either as a matter of law or by court records attached to the denial order. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions that the postconviction court either grant Shepman the six days of jail credit, conduct an evidentiary hearing, or attach portions of the records that conclusively refute her claim. See id. (citing Blanchfield v. State , 157 So.3d 483, 483 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) ). Additionally, because Shepman's release from prison on this case appears imminent, upon issuance of our mandate, the postconviction court should expedite its ruling on the motion so the matter does not become moot. See Banks v. State , 211 So.3d 1104, 1106 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017) (citing Maybin v. State , 884 So.2d 1174, 1175 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (holding that when a defendant has already completed serving his sentence, any questions regarding the legality of the sentence are rendered moot) ).

REVERSED and REMANDED with directions.

COHEN, C.J., WALLIS and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.


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