Arnold Kyle Nicholson v. State of Florida

We reverse the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion for additional jail credit and remand for the award of the proper amount of credit. Appellant was initially arrested for defrauding an innkeeper and obstructing an officer without violence. He spent 35 days in jail and was released when the State failed to file formal charges. The state, however, subsequently charged him with grand theft, and he was again arrested. Ultimately, he entered a plea to the grand theft charge and was sentenced to 61 days “time served” which included all the time he served in jail since his initial arrest for…