McCRAY v. WAINWRIGHT

No. TT-214.

397 So.2d 1220 (1981)

Johnel McCRAY, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnel McCray, pro. per.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant petitioned the Circuit Court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. In denying the Writ, that Court rejected appellant's constitutional claim that retroactive application of the amended "gain time" statute [Section 944.27, Florida Statutes (1978)] was unconstitutional as an ex post facto law in that it reduced the gain time with which appellate was credited under the statute in effect at the date of his sentence. The United States Supreme Court has since...

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