Mitchum v. State

Appellant, Willie James Mitchum [“Mitchum”], appeals the summary denial of his Rule 3.800(a) motion for jail credit. He claims that he is entitled to 141 days credit against his sentence for his pre-trial detention in Sumter County Jail. Although the court orally pronounced this credit, the written sentence did not provide for it.

The trial court denied Mitchum’s motion, on the ground that the Sumter County Jail had prepared a certificate verifying the 141 days claimed by him, and the certificate had been transmitted to the Florida Department of Corrections. The trial court indicated that a…