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COX v. CROSBY

No. 1D05-3857.

27 So.3d 45 (2006)

Leo J. COX, a/k/a, Leonard Cook, Appellant, v. James V. CROSBY, Jr., Secretary, Department of Corrections, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Cox, pro se, appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Joy A. Stubbs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

ORDER ON APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR REVIEW

WEBSTER, J.

By petition for writ of mandamus, Leo J. Cox argued in the Circuit Court for Leon County that a 1993 amendment to section 944.275, Florida Statutes, which precluded him from receiving basic gain time, was unconstitutional. If successful, Cox would have been entitled to more than five years of additional gain time. The petition was denied and Cox has appealed to this court.

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