Strouse v. State
Strouse v. State
Opinion of the Court
Warren Strouse timely appeals after the trial court resentenced him to 132.75 months in prison, followed by five years probation. Strouse had been originally sentenced to twenty years in prison pursuant to guidelines which were declared unconstitutional in Heggs v. State, 759 So.2d 620 (Fla. 2000). On resentencing, however, the trial court was under the misapprehension that the 85% rule
REMAND FOR RESENTENCING.
For sentences imposed for offenses committed on or after October 1, 1995, the department may grant up to 10 days per month of incentive gain time, except that no prisoner is eligible to earn any type of gain-time in an amount that would cause a sentence to expire, end, or terminate, or that would result in a prisoner’s release, prior to serving a minimum of 85 percent of the sentence imposed. For purposes of this sub-paragraph, credits awarded by the court for time physically incarcerated shall be credited toward satisfaction of 85 percent of the sentence imposed. Except as provided by this section, a prisoner shall not accumulate further gain-time awards at any point when the tentative release date is the same as that date at which the prisoner will have served 85 percent of the sentence imposed....
. The 85% rule, set forth by section 944.275(4)(b)3., Florida Statutes (1995), provides,
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