Legal Opinion

Weaver v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 12, 2001No. 1D00-1651Published

1Per curiam

Appellant, Terry Weaver, raises two points in this appeal from a judgment and sentence imposed for a new substantive offense committed while Weaver was on *1241parole. We affirm the first point without discussion.

In the second point, Weaver argues that the trial court should have given him credit for the 374 days he served in jail prior to sentencing. The court denied this credit because it imposed a 15-year sentence “consecutive to the parole sentence,” which was still pending. Although Weaver is not entitled to multiple credit, he is entitled to this credit if he has not already received it…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bruner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. Garrett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Watson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

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