Legal Opinion

State v. Dodd

Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida

Decided August 30, 1990No. Case No. 87-255 ACPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

The State appeals from the decision of the trial court to credit the appellee with the time he served in an alcohol treatment facility against the mandatory jail sentence required by Chapter 316.193.

At the time the case was heard by the trial court, treatment in an alcohol treatment facility could not be considered incarceration as *52required by 4316.1934(4)(b) of the Florida Statutes. State v Self, 504 So.2d 810 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)*.

Therefore this cause is reversed and remanded for resentencing by the trial court.

Chapter 316.193(6)(d) was amended in 1989 to allow the trial…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Self v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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