Legal Opinion

Whitney v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 23, 2003No. 5D01-3853PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Gregory Siep Whitney appeals a post-judgment order denying credit for time served in jail.

Wfiiile Whitney was in jail in Seminole County, Orange County issued a warrant for his arrest. The record shows that the Orange County Sheriffs Office later returned the warrant unserved to the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court at the latter’s request. The trial court correctly denied the credit because the warrant was never executed. See Gethers v. State, 838 So.2d 504 (Fla.2003) (holding that “absent *1012the execution of an arrest warrant, a defendant who is in jail in a specific county-pursuant to an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gethers v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Knapp v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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