Florida Department of Corrections v. Goodman

This petition for writ of certiorari filed by the Florida Department of Corrections challenges two trial court orders finding Jewel P. Goodman eligible for certain amounts of gain time in two Palm Beach County prosecutions. The trial judge entered orders purporting to clarify Goodman’s sentences, providing that Goodman would serve 71.4 months in prison concurrently in the two felony cases, with credit for 139 days of time served. Then the judge added that only the first 60 months in each case must be served day for day under the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, section 775.082(9), Florida…