Legal Opinion

Clark v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 31, 2003No. 2D03-2246PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Chief Judge.

Willie E. Clark appeals the denial of his motion to award proper credit for time served pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). This case presents an unusual procedural circumstance in which it appears that standard language commonly used to award prison credit was inadequate to instruct the Department of Corrections about the proper method to calculate that credit for Mr. Clark. We reverse the trial court’s order denying relief and order that the trial court revise the language used to award prison credit in Mr. Clark’s sentence for racketeering so…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  2. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Peters v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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