Brian M. Chipman v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledAugust 21, 2020
Docket2D18-1067
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
BRIAN MICHAEL CHIPMAN, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D18-1067
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed August 21, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco
County; Kimberly Campbell, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public
Defender, and Nicholas Martino,
Special Assistant Public Defender,
Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Linsey
Sims-Bohnenstiehl, Assistant
Attorney General, Tampa, for
Appellee.
ATKINSON, Judge.
Brian Chipman appeals his sentence on the grounds that the trial court
erred in failing to award him credit for time served prior to resentencing. He also
appeals the trial court’s February 16, 2018, order dismissing his motion to withdraw
pleas as untimely. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
Chipman argues, and the State concedes, that he is entitled to credit for
the time he spent in prison from the date of the original sentencing to the date of
resentencing. See Peters v. State, 198 So. 3d 992, 994 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) ("Where a
defendant is resentenced due to an illegality in the original sentence, the new sentence
typically is measured from the date of the original sentence."). Thus, we reverse and
remand for the trial court to correct the sentencing order to reflect Chipman's entitlement
to credit for time served since the date of the original sentencing. See Beich v. State,
93 So. 3d 407, 408 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) (reversing and remanding for the court to check
the box indicating the defendant's entitlement to prison credit); Andrews v. State, 822
So. 2d 540, 541 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (same).
Chipman's claim regarding the trial court's February 16, 2018, order is
barred by the law of the case doctrine because this court has already affirmed it on
appeal. See Chipman v. State, 269 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019); see also R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Howard, 286 So. 3d 936, 939 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) (holding
that a per curiam affirmance established law of the case); McCray v. State, 230 So. 3d
495, 498 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017) ("The law of the case doctrine requires 'that questions of
law actually decided on appeal must govern the case in the same court and the trial
court, through all subsequent stages of the proceedings.' " (quoting Fla. Dep't of Transp.
v. Juliano, 801 So. 2d 101, 105 (Fla. 2001))); RTM Gen. Contractors, Inc. v. G/W
Riverwalk, LLC, 893 So. 2d 583, 585 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (Canady, J., concurring)
(explaining that even though a previous appellate decision in the case "was a per
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curiam affirmance without opinion," it established the law of the case on the matter in
question). Thus, we affirm on this issue.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
KHOUZAM, C.J., and KELLY, J., Concur.
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