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· 8/18/1959

State ex rel. Dixon v. Cochran

Citations

  • 114 So. 2d 228

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that those who have been wrongfully detained for invalid charges may not generally apply that time to unrelated sentences
  • stating that “[c]redit is not given … for a commitment by reason of a separate and distinct offense.”
  • noting that those who have been wrongfully detained for invalid charges may not generally apply that time to unrelated sentences
  • stating, “[a] challenge to a trial court’s failure to award credit for time-served in custody implicates the legality, not the discretionary, aspects of sentencing and is, therefore, appealable as of right.”
  • same; crediting a sentence with time attributable to an unrelated charge was generally prohibited

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Judges: Allen, Kanner, Shannon

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