Nicholson v. State

Nicholson seeks review of an order which denied his motion to have full jail time credited to both of his concurrent sentences. The trial court credited full jail time on one concurrent sentence, but applied no jail time credit to the other concurrent sentence. The issue on this appeal is whether Section 921.161(1), Florida Statutes1 requires that a defendant shall be credited on each concurrent sentence with all of the time spent in the county jail awaiting sentence. We conclude that it does, and reverse the ruling of the trial court.

On January 18, 1985, Nicholson pled guilty to probation…