Pattmon v. State

OTT, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a charge of escape and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was at that time on parole from a sentence on another crime. The new 15-year sentence specified that it was “to commence after any parole violation sentence that might be imposed.”

The quoted language was surplus-age. Unless the court specifically directed otherwise, the new sentence would as a matter of law be consecutive to any other sentence for an offense that was the subject of a separate indictment, information, or affidavit. § 921.16, Fla.Stat.

As constituted, the new sentence is…