Brooks v. Florida Parole Commission

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Shoan Brooks, an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections, appeals an order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Brooks requested the trial court to consider his eligibility for control release and to restore certain control release credits that were allegedly earned and then taken away by application of statutory amendments to section 947.146, Florida Statutes. We affirm.1

In 1993 appellant plead guilty to burglary among other crimes. At that time, the control release authority statute allowed an offender convicted of burglary to be eligible for control…