DEWITT v. STATE

No. 5D01-1111.

818 So.2d 692 (2002)

Lynn A. DEWITT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Allison Toller, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, C.J.

Lynn A. DeWitt appeals his sentence, contending that he should have been given credit for time served commencing when the state issued a detainer against him.

According to the initial brief, DeWitt was serving a sentence in Illinois in 1997, when the State of Florida lodged a detainer against him. Upon completion of his Illinois sentence, DeWitt was transported to Florida, where he pleaded no contest to attempted capital sexual battery. DeWitt...

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