Law v. Wainwright

DEKLE, Justice.

This cause is an original proceeding in mandamus which seeks to have respondent, Director of the Division of Adult Correction, recalculate petitioner’s prison release date. Fla. Const, art. V, § 4(2), F.S.A. We issued an alternative writ and respondent filed a return.

The petition for mandamus presents two separate issues: (1) whether petitioner should receive credit for time spent in confinement prior to his sentence on charges of breaking and entering, and (2) whether time served in jail following his escape from prison counts toward his total sentence time.

We must resolve the…