Legal Opinion

Monroe v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 11, 2003No. 2D02-4211PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge.

Christopher Monroe challenges the summary denial of his motions to clarify sentence and correct illegal sentence filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Monroe claims that his sentence does not accurately reflect the jail and prison credit he has earned. The trial court denied his motions, stating that the Department of Corrections, not the trial court, is the proper place to challenge postsentencing jail time credit issues. However, it is clear from his motions that Monroe claims to be missing both presen-tencing and postsentencing jail time credit. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. MancinoSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  2. Knight v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Stokes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  2. Foster v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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