Giggetts v. State

The appellant challenges the denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. Because the trial court denied the appellant’s claim for jail credit on an improper basis, we reverse the trial court’s denial of the motion and remand this case to the trial court for further consideration.

Pursuant to a guilty plea, the appellant was sentenced to twenty years’ incarceration with credit for 698 days. The appellant alleged in his motion that he is entitled to 910 days of jail credit instead of the 698 days that he was awarded. The trial court denied the appellant’s claim on the basis…