Townsend v. State

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Ernest Townsend appeals the denial of his motion, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), to correct the amount of presentence jail time credit he received. We reverse and remand for further consideration.

On July 6, 1989, the court sentenced Mr. Townsend to a total of 12 years’ imprisonment in three separate cases. One of the cases, case 87-7214, is a new offense for which he received 343 days of jail credit. The other two cases, cases 84-13811 and 86-14370, are older eases, for which the defendant was apparently resentenced upon violation of…