ROBERT CRISWELL, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The trial court erred in summarily denying the motion to correct an illegal sentence because the sentencing documents did not clearly direct the Department of Corrections to calculate credit for prior prison time served.
Appellant sought to correct his sentence, alleging the trial court failed to direct the Department of Corrections to calculate credit for time previou…
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PER CURIAM.
Appellant Robert Criswell appeals the summary denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. Criswell alleged that the trial court failed to direct the Department of Corrections (DOC) to calculate time he previously served in prison when sentencing him for violation of probation.
On the sentencing documents, the court awarded Criswell 140 days of jail credit for time served, but did not check off the box beside the paragraph for awards of credit so as to direct the DOC to compute and apply credit for prison time served pursuant to section 921.0017, Florida Statutes. Further, the trial judge’s comments at sentencing revealed that he did not intend to direct the DOC to calculate credit for time Criswell previously spent in prison.
The trial court erred in denying the motion based on a response by the State that the DOC actually had applied the credit for time served in prison. The release date noted by the State would not reflect that credit. We find the motion legally sufficient and the error clear on the face of the record. See Johnson v. State, 881 So. 2d 88 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). The order denying relief is therefore reversed and the case remanded to the trial court for correction of Criswell’s sentence.
Reversed and Remanded.
STEVENSON, C.J., GUNTHER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
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