CLEVELAND GRANT, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2003-02-05
No. 4D02-4970
Farmer, J., Klein, J., Gross, J.
837 So. 2d 1075 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2003) Caution
Cited by 42 cases

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Synopsis

Florida appellate court affirmed summary denial of defendant's motion for additional county jail credit, holding that the Department of Corrections computes such credit and defendant must exhaust administrative remedies before seeking judicial relief.


Holding

A defendant seeking additional county jail credit against his sentence must exhaust administrative remedies with the Department of Corrections before pursuing judicial relief.


Headnotes

[1] A defendant seeking additional county jail credit must exhaust administrative remedies with the Department of Corrections before pursuing judicial relief through mandamus…

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Facts & Procedural History

Cleveland Grant sought additional county jail credit applied against his eight-year sentence in a criminal case. The trial court summarily denied his …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court’s summary denial of appellant’s 3.800(a) motion for additional county jail credit applied against his eight-year sentence in case no. 97-24413 CF10. The allegations of his motion are insufficient to show entitlement to additional credit. The Department of Corrections (“Department”) is responsible for computing credit for time spent in county jail after sentencing. See § 921.161(2), Fla. Stat. (2002). If the post-sentence credit is incorrect, appellant should pursue his administrative remedies. If appellant is not satisfied after exhausting his administrative remedies, then he can file a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court in the county in which he is incarcerated. See Jefferson v. State, 830 So. 2d 195, 197 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Colson v. State, 830 So. 2d 194 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Killings v. State, 567 So. 2d 60 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). The county jail where appellant was incarcerated after sentencing was required, when delivering Grant to the Department, to certify in writing “[t]he date the sentence was imposed and the date the prisoner was delivered to the department.” See § 921.161(2)(a). Our affirmance in this case is without prejudice to pursue appropriate remedies.

AFFIRMED.

FARMER, KLEIN and GROSS, JJ., concur.


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  • Fulcher v. State, 875 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004)
    …endant says, that in sentencing a defendant after revocation of probation on a split sentence, the defendant is to be given credit for all time previously served, including the prior incarceration in the Department of Corrections. See Ryan v. State, 837 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). That is so unless there has been an affirmative waiver of credit for time served. Ryan, 837 So. 2d at 1076. There was no waiver in this case. It is equally clear, however, that in this case there has been a mutual mistake of fac…
  • Joyner v. State, 988 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
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