Perkins v. State

Larry Perkins appeals .an order reducing the amount of credit awarded for time served. On December 12, 2000, the circuit court entered an order finding that Perkins was awarded too much credit for time served when he was resentenced on May 5, 2000. The court reduced the credit from 1,985 days to 1,386 days.

A sentence is not illegal if the court awards excess credit for time served. Syverson v. State, 659 So.2d 1344 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). While a court may reduce the amount of credit for time served within sixty days after imposition of the sentence, it loses jurisdiction to do so after that…