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Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jul 12, 1996
676 So. 2d 84 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 96-256.

July 12, 1996.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Theotis Bronson, Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Dee R. Ball, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Appellant, James Anthony Jones ["Jones"], seeks review of the denial by the lower court of his claim for credit for time served for the period of time from his erroneous release by the Department of Corrections to the date of his arrest. The state properly concedes that this case is controlled by our earlier decision in Drumwright v. State, 572 So.2d 1029 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), and that appellant is entitled to the credit he seeks. Accordingly, we vacate the sentence and remand with the direction that Jones receive credit for the period from his release from prison on July 25, 1995 until his arrest on October 18, 1995.

Sentence VACATED and REMANDED.

DAUKSCH, GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Jul 12, 1996
676 So. 2d 84 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Jones v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES ANTHONY JONES, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jul 12, 1996

Citations

676 So. 2d 84 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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