CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-08-14
No. 20-0518
Ballou, J., Edwards, J., Eisnaugle, J., Grosshans, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Holding

When a defendant is arrested in one county on an arrest warrant issued by another county, the defendant is entitled to credit for jail time served in the county of arrest, and the trial court must attach records that conclusively refute the defendant's jail credit claims.


Headnotes

[1] When a defendant is arrested in one county on an arrest warrant issued by another county, the defendant is entitled to credit for jail time served in the county of arrest…

[2] Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801(e) requires the postconviction court to attach to its order records that conclusively refute the defendant's jail credit claims.

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“When a defendant is actually arrested in one county on an arrest warrant issued by another county, the defendant is entitled to credit for jail time served in the county of arrest.”

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McDonald was arrested in Broward County in March on both a local charge and an outstanding warrant from Brevard County, and was transferred to Brevard…

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Opinion of the Court
Grosshans

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

Case No. 5D20-518 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed August 14, 2020 3.801 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Tesha Ballou, Judge. Matthew R. McLain, of McLain Law, P.A., Longwood, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Pamela

J.

Koller, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Christopher McDonald appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801 motion for additional jail credit. We reverse and remand. In his postconviction motion, McDonald argued that he did not receive jail credit for the 246 days between his March arrest in Broward County and his November transfer to Brevard County. To support his claim, McDonald attached an affidavit of arrest from

2 Broward County indicating that he was arrested on both a local charge and an outstanding warrant/capias from Brevard County. The trial court summarily denied McDonald’s motion, attaching to the order a probable cause affidavit that includes a “Date of Arrest” in 2015, a “Jail Date” in November 2018, and a statement that appears to simply list the charges and notes a failure to appear. This appeal followed. Governing motions for jail credit, “Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801(e) . . . require[s] the postconviction court to attach to its order records that conclusively refute [the defendant’s] claims.” Gibbs v. State, 175 So. 3d 915, 918 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). As relevant here, “[w]hen a defendant is actually arrested in one county on an arrest warrant issued by another county, the defendant is entitled to credit for jail time served in the county of arrest.” Id. at 917. In this case, the limited record does not conclusively refute McDonald’s facially sufficient claim that he was arrested in Broward County on both Broward and Brevard charges and entitled to further jail credit. See Elkins v. State, 884 So. 2d 499, 499–500 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. REVERSED and REMANDED. EDWARDS, EISNAUGLE, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.


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