Legal Opinion

State v. Bray

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 18, 2017No. 4D15-4576Published

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

The State of Florida appeals from the trial court’s resentencing of the defendant on his conviction for aggravated assault *156with a firearm. The State argues that the trial court improperly included time the defendant spent on community control as credit towards his three-year mandatory minimum sentence. We agree that this was error and that the only time that should have been credited towards the defendant’s three-year mandatory minimum sentence was the time the defendant actually spent in custody. We therefore reverse and remand for resentencing.

A jury found the defendant guilty of aggravated…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Tal-Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  3. Fraser v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  4. State v. CreganSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  5. Comer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005

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