# Franklin Brown v. State

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · March 18, 2015 · 160 So. 3d 499

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2787062

## Case

- **Full name:** Franklin BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** March 18, 2015
- **Citations:** 160 So. 3d 499; 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3915; 2015 WL 1213954
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Warner, Gross, Forst
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that credit for time spent in jail after sentencing must be addressed to the Department of Corrections

## Opinion text

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT

FRANKLIN BROWN,
Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.

No. 4D14-4219

[March 18, 2015]

Appeal from order denying rule 3.801 motion from the Circuit Court for
the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Okeechobee County; Sherwood Bauer, Jr.,
Judge; L.T. Case No. 472007CF000274.

Franklin Brown, Okeechobee, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Reasee v. State, 123 So. 3d 693 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013); see
also Willis v. State, 18 So. 3d 1215 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) (holding that credit
for time spent in jail after sentencing must be addressed to the Department
of Corrections); Smith v. State, 932 So. 2d 594, 595 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)
(“[I]t is the function of the Department of Corrections to award credit for
any time served in jail after sentencing but before transfer to state
prison.”).

WARNER, GROSS and FORST, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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