Anthony Moore v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 3, 2021
Docket1D20-1414
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D20-1414
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ANTHONY MOORE,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
Jennie Kinsey, Judge.
November 3, 2021
PER CURIAM.
Moore challenges the denial of two motions to correct illegal
sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.800(a). The trial court denied Moore’s claims, finding that they
were not cognizable under rule 3.800(a). We reverse the trial
court’s order on Moore’s claims for jail credit and on the claims that
the sentencing scoresheet included offenses that were more than
ten years old, but we affirm the trial court’s order on all other
grounds without comment.
In ground three of his motion, Moore alleged an entitlement
to jail credit for a period of incarceration in New York awaiting
transfer to Florida for the underlying criminal matter. Claims for
out-of-state jail credit may be raised pursuant to Florida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.850. Cf. West v. State, 22 So. 3d 797, 798
(Fla. 1st DCA 2009); Garnett v. State, 957 So. 2d 32, 33 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2007) (en banc). As Moore filed both motions within two years
of the judgment and sentences becoming final, Moore should have
been allowed a chance to amend the pleading to file a facially
sufficient motion under rule 3.850. See Spera v. State, 971 So. 2d
754, 758–59 (Fla. 2007) (holding that a defendant should be given
an opportunity to amend a timely but insufficient rule 3.850
motion if he can do so in good faith); Bryant v. State, 901 So. 2d
810, 818 (Fla. 2005) (holding that when an initial motion is
stricken with leave to amend, a subsequent amended motion
relates back to the date of the original filing).
Similarly, Moore’s tenth claim alleged an entitlement to jail
credit. However, this claim is facially insufficient as it is not
discernable from the face of the pleading whether this is a
restatement of ground three or a separate claim that Moore was
entitled to in-state jail credit. Presuming that it separately claims
entitlement to in-state jail credit, such claims must be brought
pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801 within one
year of when the judgment and sentence become final. See Fla. R.
Crim. P. 3.801. Rule 3.801(e) incorporates Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.850(f) by reference, providing that a trial court should
provide sixty days to amend a timely but insufficient motion.
Because the facially insufficient motions would have been timely
if filed pursuant to rule 3.801, the trial court should have provided
Moore with an opportunity to amend the claim.
Moore’s fifth and twelfth claims claim that the sentencing
scoresheet improperly included prior offenses that were more than
ten years old. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.704(d)(14)(A). It is not
apparent from the face of the record when Moore’s prior
convictions occurred, nor when Moore was released on those
convictions. As such, the record does not conclusively refute
Moore’s claim. When a movant raises a claim of scoresheet error
within two years of the judgment and sentence, a trial court is
required to determine whether or not the same sentence would
have been imposed with a corrected scoresheet, unless the record
conclusively refutes the Appellant’s claim. See Brooks v. State, 969
So. 2d 238, 243 n.8 (Fla. 2007) (holding that when a defendant
raises a claim of scoresheet error in a rule 3.800(a) motion that is
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filed within the two-year time period for filing a rule 3.850 motion,
the would-have-been-imposed test applies). Moore is entitled to an
opportunity to amend and bring the claim under rule 3.850. See id.
at 242; Thomas v. State, 149 So. 3d 159, 160 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).
Thus, we reverse on Moore’s jail credit claims and scoresheet
claim, but affirm as to all others with instructions that the trial
court enter a non-final order striking those claims and allowing
Moore sixty days to file a facially sufficient rule 3.850 motion or
rule 3.801 motion, or both, as appropriate.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED with
instructions.
WINOKUR, NORDBY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Anthony Moore, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Sharon S. Traxler, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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