{"id":572,"date":"2019-02-26T10:50:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=572"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:20:46","slug":"florida-court-rules-credit-for-time-served-cannot-be-retracted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-court-rules-credit-for-time-served-cannot-be-retracted\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court Rules Credit for Time Served Cannot be Retracted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many instances when a defendant is charged with a crime, he or she will remain in jail until the ultimate disposition of the case. Often, when a defendant who is found guilty or pleads no contest to criminal charges is sentenced to imprisonment, a court will grant the defendant credit from time served for the time spent in jail prior to the resolution of the case.<\/p>\n<p>As a Florida appellate court recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edca.1dca.org\/DCADocs\/2018\/0765\/180765_1286_02052019_08571771_i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a>, once credit for time served has been awarded, Florida courts are not permitted to retract the award, even if it was given in error. \u00a0If you are charged with a criminal offense and you live in Clearwater, you should meet with a trusted Clearwater criminal defense attorney to discuss your case and possible defenses to the charges you face.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Factual and Procedural Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is reported that the defendant was charged with kidnapping and robbery in case 2010-CF-109 to which he pleaded no contest. He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment followed by 3 years of probation. He received a credit of 460 days for time served. The plea agreement, however, credited the time served to case number 2010-CF-010, another case under which the defendant was charged. As such, the defendant received credit for time served under both cases.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-court-rules-credit-for-time-served-cannot-be-retracted\/#more-572\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many instances when a defendant is charged with a crime, he or she will remain in jail until the ultimate disposition of the case. Often, when a defendant who is found guilty or pleads no contest to criminal charges is sentenced to imprisonment, a court will grant the defendant credit from time served for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sentencing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Credit for Time Served and Your Next Step<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Accused of white collar charges? See how this ruling on credit time served retracted your defense in Pinellas County. 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