· 10/26/2007
Canete v. Florida Dept. of Corrections
Citations
- 967 So. 2d 412
- 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 16862
- 2007 WL 3118664
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an inmate's claim for mandamus relief regarding restoration of jail credit was not time-barred under section 95.11(5)(f) when he exhausted all administrative remedies and invoked the trial court's jurisdiction well within one year of that date
- recognizing the discretion of trial courts to award jail credit against each term of consecutive prison sentences on multiple charges
- recognizing the discretion of trial courts to award jail credit against each term of consecutive prison sentences on multiple charges
- expressing serious due process concerns about a sentence imposed outside the defendant’s presence, without notice, and without entry of an appealable sentencing order
- “[A] defendant who is convicted of multiple offenses and sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment must be given presentence jail credit only on the first of the consecutive sentences.”
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Judges: Per Curiam
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