Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 18, 1996No. 96-02195PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

681 So.2d 772 (1996)

Jerry KNIGHT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-02195.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 18, 1996.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1996.

2Per curiam

Jerry Knight appeals the summary denial of his motion for jail credit. While serving a sentence for aggravated battery, Knight escaped. He claims that the trial court erred by not awarding credit on his aggravated battery sentence for the time he spent in county jail during the resolution of his escape charge. We affirm the denial of the motion for jail credit but not for the reason stated by the trial…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Adams v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. Bowles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

4Cited by4 opinions

  1. Stokes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  2. Milne v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Street v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  4. Monroe v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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