WALTER GRIGGS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A defendant must receive credit for all time spent in county jail before sentence is imposed, and such credit must be specified in the sentence.
[1] A trial court must award a defendant credit for all time spent in county jail before sentencing, and such credit must be specified in the sentence imposed.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“A sentence of imprisonment shall not begin to run before the date it is imposed, but the court imposing a sentence shall allow a defendant credit for all of the time she or he spent in the county jail before sentence. The credit must be for a specified period of time and shall be provided for in the sentence.”
Statutory requirement cited as basis for affirmance
Walter Griggs appealed a sentencing decision from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The appeal concerned the calculation of jail time credit in…
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Opinion filed September 3, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D25-1266 Lower Tribunal No. F24-4266 ________________
Walter Griggs, Appellant,
vs.
State of Florida, Appellee.
An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Lody Jean, Judge.
Walter Griggs, in proper person.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCALES, C.J., and LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
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Affirmed. See § 921.161(1), Fla. Stat. (2024) (“A sentence of imprisonment shall not begin to run before the date it is imposed, but the court imposing a sentence shall allow a defendant credit for all of the time she or he spent in the county jail before sentence. The credit must be for a specified period of time and shall be provided for in the sentence.”) (emphasis added).