Thomas v. Moore

Mark Allen Thomas petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const.

In 1991, Thomas began serving an overall nine-year sentence for numerous criminal offenses, some committed before the early release program called “control release” 1 went into effect (referred to as the 1989 cases), and some committed after control release went into effect (referred to as the 1991 cases).

Thomas was awarded a large number of control release credits (a type of overcrowding gain time) and accepted an early release under the control release program in 1992.…