Birdsong v. State

VILLANTI, Judge.

Charles Birdsong appeals the denial of his motions for jail credit filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Birdsong is a county prisoner, and he filed a motion for jail credit in the circuit court seeking “trusty” status in order to earn gain time to be applied to his county jail sentence. The trial court denied the motion, stating that Birdsong must address this issue with the Department of Corrections (DOC) because the DOC has the exclusive authority to regulate gain time. Birdsong then filed another motion for jail credit raising the same claim and…