Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 19, 2014No. 4D13-2539Published

1Per curiam

Appellant Torrance Bell challenges a circuit court order that summarily denied his motion for jail time credit filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm that portion of the *1157circuit court’s order that rejected Bell’s claim of entitlement to jail credit on the second count of two consecutive sentences. See Daniels v. State, 491 So.2d 543 (Fla.1986); Faircloth v. State, 50 So.3d 788 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010).

We also reverse that portion of the order that summarily denied Bell’s motion seeking additional jail credit on the first count. His motion was legally sufficient…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Toro v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  3. Faircloth v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  4. Haygood v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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