SPENCER SENTER, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Spencer Senter appeals the summary denial of his motion for additional jail credit on his sentence. The court reversed and remanded, holding that Senter's claim involving extra-record documents should have been considered under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 rather than summarily denied under rule 3.800(a).
Senter's motion should have been considered under rule 3.850 because he was requesting additional jail credit based on factual matters not ascertainable from the trial court's records. The summary denial under rule 3.800(a) was improper.
[1] A motion to correct an illegal sentence under Rule 3.800(a) is not cognizable when it relies on extra-record documents to support its claim.
[2] A claim for additional jail credit based on factual matters not ascertainable from the trial court's records is cognizable under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“Because Senter relies on extra-record documents to support his claim, it is not cognizable under rule 3.800(a). However, Senter's motion was properly sworn and was filed within the two-year filing window. Thus, the postconviction court should have considered it under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.”
Establishes the core holding that extra-record documents make a claim cognizable under rule 3.850 rather than rule 3.800(a).
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceSenter was convicted in Collier County and claimed entitlement to additional credit for time he spent incarcerated in Lee County in 2009 and 2010. He …
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Spencer Senter appeals the summary denial of his motion to correct illegal sentence filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Senter claims that he is entitled to additional credit on his Collier County sentence for the time he spent incarcerated in Lee County in 2009 and 2010. He alleges that he was held in Lee County on no bond pursuant to a Collier County warrant for the charges underlying his current conviction. The postconviction court denied this claim because “[t]here is no record evidence that Defendant was in jail on a Collier County warrant for the instant case on the dates for which he claims credit.”
Though Senter attached his Lee County booking sheet and first appearance order to his initial motion, it does not appear that these documents are part of the record in his Collier County case. Because Senter relies on extra-record documents to support his claim, it is not cognizable under rule 3.800(a). However, Senter’s motion was properly sworn and was filed within the two-year filing window. Thus, the postconviction court should have considered it under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. See Young v. State, 86 So.3d 541, 543 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) (explaining that jail credit claims are cognizable in rule 3.850 motions “if the defendant is requesting additional jail credit due to factual matters not ascertainable from the trial court’s records” (quoting Blake v. State, 807 So.2d 772, 773 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002))). Therefore, we reverse and remand for the postconviction court to consider this claim on the merits as if filed under rule 3.850.
Reversed and remanded.
NORTHCUTT, KHOUZAM, and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.
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- Blake v. State, 807 So. 2d 772 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
- Young v. State, 86 So. 3d 541 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012)