Taylor v. State

Appellant challenges the denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). He alleged his sentence was illegal because the oral pronouncement of his sentence for escape included credit for time he served awaiting the escape trial, which is not reflected in the written sentence. The postconviction court did not reach the issue of whether appellant had been orally awarded the credit which he seeks. Instead, the post-conviction court held that as a matter of law, the time served awaiting a trial for escape is a mandatory continuation of the original sentence…