Legal Opinion

James v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 10, 2015No. 2D14-2815Published

1Opinion of the Court

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Dahrol James appeals the summary denial of his amended motion to correct illegal sentence and to award additional jail credit, filed under Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) and 3.801. We reverse and remand for the postconviction court to reconsider whether James is entitled to additional presentence jail credit in circuit case number 2002-CF-8476. We affirm without comment the denial of James’ additional claims.

In 2004, James pleaded no contest in circuit case number 2002-CF-8476 to burglary of a dwelling, and the trial court sentenced him to sixteen months in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Martinez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  2. Wade v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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