Kessell v. State

713 So.2d 1122 (1998)

Juan C. KESSELL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 98-1200.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 29, 1998.

Juan C. Kessell, in proper person.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Douglas Gurnic, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.

Juan C. Kessell appeals an order denying his postconviction motion for additional credit for time served prior to trial. We reverse.

With multiple criminal charges pending, defendant-appellant fled to New York where he was ultimately arrested. He was incarcerated for…