Garrett v. State

ALTENBERND, Judge.

James E. Garrett appeals the sentence imposed upon his conviction for escape from the St. Petersburg Correctional Facility. The trial court sentenced him to forty-four months’ imprisonment. It ordered this sentence to run consecutively to any active sentence being served, and specified that Mr. Garrett would not receive credit for any time served. Mr. Garrett contends the trial court erred in failing to credit his sentence with time spent in county jail following his arrest on the escape charge.

Mr. Garrett must receive credit for all time served in jail between the time he…