Owens v. State

The pro se appellant, James Owens, challenges the post-conviction court’s order denying his motion to correct illegal sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Owens claims entitlement to credit for all of the time he spent in prison in two separate cases, after violating his probation in one of the cases. We affirm, but for reasons other than those given in the State’s response below, which was adopted by the trial court as the basis for denial.

On February 28, 2000, in case 99-016992CF10A (case 1), Owens entered a guilty plea to possession of cocaine and…