ADAMS v. STATE

No. 80-638.

387 So.2d 498 (1980)

Don Alton ADAMS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 a short term of imprisonment as a special condition of probation is not a "sentence." State v. Williams,

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