Alphonsia Canty v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledFebruary 10, 2021
Docket1D20-0380
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D20-380
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ALPHONSIA CANTY,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bradford County.
David P. Kreider, Judge.
February 10, 2021
B.L. THOMAS, J.
We affirm the trial court’s order denying Appellant’s petition
for writ of habeas corpus because Appellant has failed to provide
evidence that he is entitled to immediate release. See Robenson v.
McNeil, 39 So. 3d 350, 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (“The writ of habeas
corpus is available only if the petitioner shows probable cause to
believe that he or she is detained without lawful authority.”).
However, Appellant has presented evidence that the sentencing
court intended for his sentences to run concurrently, including a
2011 response from the State filed in this Court agreeing with his
contention. We also agree. Because Appellant’s five-year sentence
was to run concurrently with his hundred-year sentence, and “the
composite term of [both these] sentences imposed” were to run
concurrently with “any sentence now serving,” his hundred-year
sentence is also concurrent with the ninety-nine-year sentence
that had previously been imposed and that Appellant had been
serving in Case No. 76-1902 at the time the sentences were
imposed in Case No. 83-3297. Appellant’s only remedy at this time
is to seek administrative relief from the Department based on the
State’s 2011 concession and this opinion.
AFFIRMED.
WINOKUR 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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Alphonsia Canty, pro se, Appellant.
Beverly Brewster, Assistant General Counsel, Department of
Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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