MANICCIA v. STATE

No. 4D05-1742.

931 So.2d 1027 (2006)

Lauri MANICCIA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Forman of Jason T. Forman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Steve Rossi of the Law Offices of Braverman and Rossi, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Lauri Maniccia appeals the denial of her request for credit for time she spent in a "lockdown" psychiatric hospital before trial. Because the facility is the functional equivalent of a jail and appellant's confinement there was coercive, we conclude that the trial court erred by denying appellant's request for time served.

Appellant was arrested and charged with arson of a dwelling, a first degree felony punishable by up to thirty years in prison...

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