Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 27, 1980No. 80-638PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

387 So.2d 498 (1980)

Don Alton ADAMS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 80-638.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 27, 1980.

Don Alton Adams, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edward M. Chew, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.

ORFINGER, Judge.

Adams alleges in his petition for writ of habeas corpus that he was placed on probation for five years conditioned on his serving one year in the Brevard County Jail. He asserts that he is entitled to statutory gain time as a county prisoner.[1]

The flaw in this argument is that the imposition of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. State v. WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
  3. Bracey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Van Tassel v. CoffmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Heatherington v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. Hewett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  4. William v. LamarDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982

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