Legal Opinion

Walker v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 10, 1989No. 88-1652PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant challenges the sentence imposed on him following revocation of probation, contending that the trial judge erred by failing to give him credit for all time he had served on the charge. We agree and reverse and remand with directions.

At sentencing, although the judge gave appellant credit for 64 days, he specifically stated that appellant would not receive any credit for time he had originally served awaiting his initial probationary sentence, because “I took into account at that time that he had been in the county jail and that was one of the reasons that he was placed…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Whitney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  2. James v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Crosby v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Willis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  2. Mathis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Barnes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  4. Simpson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  5. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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