Jones v. State

We reverse the trial court’s order summarily denying David E. Jones’s motion for additional jail credit pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.801. Rule 3.801, which governs jail credit claims, requires the defendant to raise the claim within one year after the sentence becomes final. However, the rule further provides that “[f]or sentences imposed pri- or to July 1, 2013, a motion under this rule may be filed on or before July 1, 2014.” Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.801(b). Jones’s sentence became final on October 26, 2012, and he filed the rule 3.801 motion on November 4, 2013. Thus, as the…