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Daniels v. State

Citations

  • 491 So. 2d 543
  • 11 Fla. L. Weekly 324

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  • defendant sentenced to consecutive imprisonment not entitled to credit in each sentence for time spent in jail awaiting disposition
  • when imposing consecutive one year sentences, credit for time served is only given as to one of the counts
  • when a defendant receives presen-tence jail-time credit on a sentence that is to run concurrently with other sentences, those other sentences also must reflect credit for time served
  • which disapproved of Green v. State, 450 So.2d 1275 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984)
  • “A defendant is deemed to be in custody on separate warrants from different counties, and therefore entitled to jail credit on both convictions unless the defendant receives consecutive sentences [.] ” (emphasis supplied)
  • where defendant is given consecutive sentences, the defendant “is not entitled to have his jail time credit pyramided by being given credit on each sentence for the full time he spends in jail awaiting disposition”

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Judges: Overton

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