RAUL DAIZI, PETITIONER,
v.
FLORIDA PAROLE AND PROBATION COMMISSION, RESPONDENT
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Raul Daizi petitioned for habeas corpus challenging the Parole and Probation Commission's assignment of his presumptive parole release date (PPRD). The Fourth District Court of Appeal, treating the petition as one for mandamus, upheld the Commission's authority to aggravate Daizi's PPRD based on multiple concurrent offenses under the parole guidelines.
The Commission did not err in aggravating Daizi's PPRD for his concurrent sentence of unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. The Commission has authority under applicable statutes and administrative rules to aggravate a PPRD for multiple offenses with concurrent sentences. The terminological error in the Commission's explanation (designating "consecutive" instead of "concurrent") was deemed a mere misnomer that did not undermine the adequacy of the written explanation.
[1] A petition for habeas corpus challenging the assignment of a presumptive parole release date may be treated as a petition for writ of mandamus.
[2] A Parole and Probation Commission may aggravate a presumptive parole release date for multiple offenses, even if the sentences are concurrent.
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WALDEN, Judge.
In a petition for habeas corpus the petitioner contends the Parole and Probation Commission (Commission) erred in assigning his presumptive parole release date (PPRD).
Pursuant to Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.040(c) (1982) we have elected to treat the petition for habeas corpus as a petition for writ of mandamus. See Moore v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 289 So. 2d 719 (Fla.), cert. denied, 417 U.S. 935, 94 S.Ct. 2649, 41 L.Ed.2d 239 (1974); Harrisson v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 428 So. 2d 388 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Pannier v. Wainwright, 423 So. 2d 533 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982) and Hardy v. Greadington, 405 So. 2d 768 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).
We acknowledge that the Third District has ruled on the legality of petitioner’s sentences in Daizi v. State, 396 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). The Florida Supreme Court’s opinion in State v. Gibson, 436 So. 2d 32 (Fla.1983), indicates that there is a question regarding the legality of the petitioner’s sentences. However, the question presented by this petition is not a further challenge to the legality of the petitioner’s sentences, but rather a challenge to the use of the petitioner’s sentences within the context of the Commission’s objective parole guidelines. The petitioner is not precluded by this opinion from seeking collateral relief from his sentences.
deny the writ. The Commission may aggravate the petitioner’s PPRD for multiple offenses with concurrent sen-senSala v. Florida Parole and Proba-ProbaCommission, 414 So. 2d 263 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).1 Therefore, the Commission did not err in aggravating the petitioner’s PPRD for his'concurrent sentence of unlaw-unlawpossession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. Fla.Admin.Code Rule 23-21.10(4)(a)( l)(h).
Petition denied.
BERANEK, J., concurs.
ANSTEAD, J., dissents with opinion.
. The Commission is required by Sections 947.-172(2), (3), Florida Statutes (1981) and Parole and Probation Commission Rules, Fla.Admin. Code Rule 23-21.10 to provide the inmate with a written explanation of the factor or factors which influenced the Commission to aggravate the inmate’s term beyond the matrix time range. We note the fact that the Commission in their explanation designated that the “consecutive” sentence was considered when in fact the petitioner’s sentences were concurrent. We deem this to have been merely a misnomer in Commission’s explanation. In all other respects the Commission’s written explanation informed the petitioner of the basis for their decision with the “individual particularity” required by both the statute and administrative rules.
ANSTEAD, Judge,
dissenting:
I would adhere to our previous opinion holding that the Commission erred in aggravating petitioner’s presumptive parole release date because of his possession of a firearm during the commission of an aggravated assault. In doing so I believe the Commission improperly considered the petitioner’s use of the same weapon in the same incident twice. The Commission’s own rules prohibit aggravation by consideration of a factor which has already been considered in determining the seriousness of the offense for which the prisoner is incarcerated. In addition, the Florida Supreme Court has recently held that separate sentences may not be imposed for convictions of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and the underlying felony where the severity of the punishment for the underlying felony has already been enhanced by reason of the use of the fire arm. See State v. Gibson, 436 So. 2d 32 (Fla.1983).
The various responses filed by the Commission also reflect that the aggravation was specifically predicated upon petitioner having received consecutive sentences for the possession and assault charges, whereas the record reflects that the trial court ordered that such sentences be served concurrently.
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Huffman v. State, 529 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988)…writ of mandamus. This misnomer alone might not justify denial of Huffman’s petition. The courts do have authority to treat prisoners’ petitions as if the proper remedy has been sought. See, e.g., Daizi v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 436 So. 2d 171 (Fla.4th DCA 1983) (habeas corpus petition challenging parole release date treated as mandamus). However, litigants will not be permitted to circumvent rules of procedure by restyling a petition as something it is not. State v. Broom, 523 So. 2d 639…
Authorities Cited (11 total)
- Rayfield Moore v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 289 So. 2d 719 (Fla. 1974)
- Sapp v. Haskins, 417 U.S. 935 (U.S. 1974)
- Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Drew, 417 U.S. 935 (U.S. 1974)
- Pannier v. Louie L. Wainwright, 423 So. 2d 533 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)
- Hardy v. Greadington, 405 So. 2d 768 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981)
- Sala v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 414 So. 2d 263 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
- Gibson v. State, 436 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 1983)
- Sydney Adler v. Scott Elec. Co., 396 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981)
- Daizi v. State, 396 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)
- Est. of Myra Engskow v. Cullen, 428 So. 2d 388 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983)