Williams v. Moore

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

Williams seeks the award of overcrowding credits pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Lynce v. Mathis, 519 U.S. 433, 117 S.Ct. 891, 137 L.Ed.2d 63 (1997), and this Court’s decision in Gomez v. Singletary, 733 So.2d 499 (Fla.1998). In Gomez, this Court addressed gain time in the context of prisoners who were never awarded certain types of credits but should have been awarded such credits. We held that the subsequent revisions in the prison overcrowding…