Mehl v. Tucker

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Philip Mehl seeks review by certiorari of a circuit court order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Mehl claims that the Department of Corrections has not properly calculated the jail credit that the sentencing court in Martin County awarded him. He filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit where he was then confined without exhausting all of his administrative remedies with the Department. The circuit court dismissed the petition as premature, which is consistent with Pope v. State, 898 So.2d 258 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (upholding trial court’s…