Case Name: Chris DAVENPORT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-12-11
Citations: 664 So. 2d 323
Docket Number: No. 95-1098
Parties: Chris DAVENPORT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LAWRENCE, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 664
Pages: 323–325

Head Matter:
Chris DAVENPORT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-1098.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 11, 1995.
Appellant, pro se.
No appearance by the State.

Opinion:
WOLF, Judge.
Davenport appeals from a final order denying his rule 3.800 motion to correct an illegal sentence which alleged that he was entitled to additional credit against his sentence for felony petit theft. The issue is whether the appellant is entitled to credit against his sentence as to felony petit theft charges for the time he was incarcerated for a violation of probation which was based on the substantive petit theft charges. We hold that he is not, and affirm.
Appellant was arrested on a petit theft charge on June 2,1993. He was released on bond the next day, June 3, 1993. Appellant had previously been on probation for possession and sale of cocaine.
On June 15, 1993, appellant was arrested for the violation of probation. He remained in jail for the violation of probation charges until July 2, 1993, when he was released on bond. His bond on the probation violation was revoked on September 6, 1993, and he was held in custody until October 21, 1993. Bond was never revoked for the petit theft charge.
On October 21, 1993, appellant was sentenced for the petit theft charge, and also for the violation of probation charges. Appellant agreed to enter a plea of nolo contendere to the felony petit theft charge and admitted the violations of probation. In return, he would be adjudicated guilty of those offenses and be sentenced for a term of five years on all charges with the sentences to run concurrently. The court accepted the no contest plea to the petit theft charge and the admissions to the violations of probation for the cocaine sale and possession charges.
While appellant received credit for 94 days as to the probation violation charges for the time he was incarcerated after his release on bond on the petit theft charges, he only received two days of jail credit toward the five-year sentence as to the felony petit theft. Appellant alleges that this was error.
In Walker v. State, 579 So.2d 348 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), we adhered to our previous decision in Whitney v. State, 493 So.2d 1077 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), rev. denied, 503 So.2d 328 (Fla.1987), and determined that where a defendant is arrested at different times on separate charges that upon receiving a concurrent sentence as to those charges, the defendant is only entitled to credit for time served as to that particular charge. In Walker, this court correctly determined that the case of Daniels v. State, 491 So.2d 543 (Fla.1986), did not overrule Whitney and was distinguishable in that the defendant in Daniels "was arrested at the same time for a number of different charges." See also Keene v. State, 500 So.2d 592 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).
In Daniels, supra, the court construed section 921.161(1) to mean where the defendant is serving time as to multiple charges, he biust receive credit against all concurrent sentences as to those charges that may later be imposed by the trial court. The Daniels court rejected the state's contention:
[T]hat, although Daniels was incarcerated on July 10 for the kidnapping, burglary, and sexual battery charges, after July 25, Daniels was held only for the probation violation. We reject this argument. Had the probation violation allegation been dismissed, there is nothing in the record to indicate that Daniels would not have remained in custody pending trial on the kidnapping, burglary, and attempted sexual battery charges. The fact that a warrant for Daniels' probation violation was executed while he was in custody on the felony charges does not mean that he was no longer in custody on those charges.
Id. at 544.
In the instant case, unlike Daniels, appellant was released on the charge of felony petit theft; he had not been in custody on the petit theft charge for 12 days at the time he was arrested for violation of probation. A violation of probation is a separate and distinct charge which may result in incarceration. There is nothing in the record to indicate that appellant was subsequently rearrested or that his bond was revoked as to the petit theft charges. We, thus, find Daniels to be inapplicable in the instant case.
We also find nothing in the supreme court's holding in State v. Perko, 588 So.2d 980 (Fla. 1991), which is inconsistent with either Whitney or Walker. Perko also does not offer support for appellant's argument, as the holding in that case rejected Perko's argument concerning additional credits. In Perko, the court held that a defendant who receives concurrent sentences for a violation of probation and a new substantive offense is not entitled to credit for time which was served on the original offense (served prior to being placed on probation), against the sentence for the new offense.
We, therefore, find that Whitney and Walker have not been overruled and still constitute the law in this district. The decision of the trial court is affirmed.
LAWRENCE, J., concurs.
BENTON, J., dissenting with written opinion.