State ex rel. Florida Department of Corrections v. Stevenson

HARRIS, Judge.

In 1988, Wayne E. Stevenson pled guilty to attempted first degree murder and was sentenced to five years incarceration to be followed by 15 years probation. In less than a year, after being awarded basic gain-time, incentive gain-time, jail time credit and provisional credit, Stevenson had completed the five year incarcerative portion of his sentence.

His freedom was short-lived. In 1992, after violating probation, he was sentenced to 15 years in the Department of Corrections. He was awarded credit for the original five year incarcerative portion of his sentence as well as for…