ANTOINE LEFFORT LOUISSAINT
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-03-18
No. 2025-1528
2026 FL 2777 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A person imprisoned in county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs is entitled to receive a credit against such fine in proportion to the time imprisoned.


Key Quotes

“Every person who may be imprisoned in the county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs, or either, under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either, as the case may be, in proportion to the time such person may be imprisoned.”

Florida Statute § 951.16, cited as the basis for affirmance

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Antoine Leffort Louissaint was imprisoned in county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs imposed upon conviction. He appealed the denial of jail-t…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 951.16, Fla. Stat. (“Every person who may be imprisoned in the county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs, or either, under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either, as the case may be, in proportion to the time such person may be imprisoned."); Hernandez v. State, 419 So. 3d 677, 677 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025) (“Because the initial brief establishes the lack of entitlement to relief under the relevant statute, we affirm.").


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  • …under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either, as the case may be, in proportion to the time such person may be imprisoned."); Hernandez v. State, 419 So. 3d 677, 677 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025) (“Because the initial brief establishes the lack of entitlement to relief under the relevant statute, we affirm.").…

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