Legal Opinion

Knox v. Florida Parole Commission

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 6, 2002No. 1D00-2374PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

AFFIRMED. See Westberry v. Moore, 772 So.2d 1208, 1209 (Fla.2000) (holding that a defendant who accepts the benefits of control release waives any argument that application of the control release program, in the form of the forfeiture of gain time, was an ex post violation because control release was enacted after the date of his or her offenses); Bowles v. Singletary, 698 So.2d 1201, 1204 (Fla.1997) (“[A]n affirmative election to accept a newly created program waives any potential ex post facto argument the petitioner may have had.”).

WOLF, KAHN and BENTON, JJ„ concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bowles v. SingletarySupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. Westberry v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2000

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Knox v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004