McBride v. Moore

This case is before the court on a petition for writ of certiorari, following the denial of Jason McBride’s habeas petition below. McBride,, an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections, argues that he is entitled to early release credits on a twenty-year sentence he is serving for crimes committed in Brevard County. We conclude that he is not entitled to such credits under the controlling statute, because he was sentenced as a habitual offender in another case. Therefore, we deny the petition.

In his habeas petition below, McBride argued that he was entitled to provisional early…