Truette v. State

Justin TRUETTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 30, 2005.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2005-11-30

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 2011

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Because Appellant served time in jail as a special condition of his probation, he is entitled to credit for that time upon his sentencing for violation of probation.”

quoted by 2 later decisions, including Petscher v. State, Barnishin v. State

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Decided 2005-11-30

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¶1M. Lilja Dandelake of Frank E. Sheffield, P.A., Tallahassee, Attorneys for Appellant.

¶2Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Attorneys for Appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4Appellant alleges that the trial court failed to award him the proper amount of jail credit. The State concedes that Appellant is entitled to additional credit. Because Appellant served time in jail as a special condition of his probation, he is entitled to credit for that time upon his sentencing for violation of probation. Appellant is entitled to 180 days of jail credit on count two in case number 03-1443 and 60 days of jail credit on count one in case number 03-1729. Appellant's sentence is reversed and remanded with the above instructions.

¶5REVERSED and REMANDED.

¶6KAHN, C.J., and HAWKES and THOMAS, JJ., Concur.