PARKS
v.
STATE

Fla. 5th DCA | 2018-06-29
No. Case No. 5D18-1557
Anderson, Hawkins, Lee, Patterson, Prather, Robertson, Sullivan, Walker
246 So. 3d 1296 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2018)

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Holding

A Rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief based on DOC gain-time forfeiture must be raised in the case where the forfeiture was imposed, not in a separate case.


Headnotes

[1] A claim that Department of Corrections gain-time forfeiture thwarted a plea bargain must be raised in the case where the forfeiture was imposed, not in a separate convict…

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Key Quotes

“The DOC's forfeiture of the gain time cannot be countermanded by the court, but neither can that forfeiture thwart the plea bargain.”

Court citing Dellahoy v. State to establish that while courts cannot directly reverse DOC forfeiture, they may ensure the forfeiture does not violate a plea agreement.

Facts & Procedural History

Appellant filed a Rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief in Case No. 2017-100954-CFDL, claiming that the Department of Corrections' forfeiture of…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM. We affirm the order entered by the circuit court in Case No. 2017-100954-CFDL denying Appellant’s Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief filed in that case, albeit not for the reasons provided by the court. We do so without prejudice to Appellant timely raising in Case No. 2007-000909-CFAWS his instant claim that the forfeiture of gain time by the Department of Corrections (“DOC”) thwarted his plea bargain, as that appears to be the case so affected by the forfeiture. See Dellahoy v. State, 816 So. 2d 1253, 1253 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (“The DOC’s forfeiture of the gain time cannot be countermanded by the court, but neither can that forfeiture thwart the plea bargain.”).

AFFIRMED, without prejudice. TORPY, WALLIS, and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.


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