JAMES v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. AJ-10.

424 So.2d 826 (1982)

Francis JAMES, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis James, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Shirley A. Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant appeals the denial of his grievance appeal by the Department of Corrections.

On June 4, 1979, appellant was convicted of the crime of kidnapping with a firearm and sentenced pursuant to the mandatory gun law as set forth in section 775.087, Fla. Stat. (1979). At that time, the mandatory gun law provided that any person convicted under the statute shall serve a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of three calendar years and that...

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