Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 28, 2005No. 5D05-2524Published

1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.

William S. Brooks appeals the summary denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion for jail credit. He contends that he was not given proper credit for time served in the Columbia County jail for a probation violation in a Volusia County case for which he was later sentenced. Further, Brooks asserts that court records prove his entitlement to additional credit for time served. The trial court denied Brooks’s motion without explanation and without attaching or incorporating court records. We reverse and remand to the trial court to either attach portions of the record to support the denial of jail…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Friss v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  2. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Walsh v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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