JAMES v. STATE (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Eddie JAMES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D25-1688

Decided: January 28, 2026

Before FERNANDEZ, GORDO, and GOODEN, JJ.

Eddie James, Daytona Beach, in proper person. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See § 921.0017, Fla. Stat. (2013) (“Effective for offenses committed on or after January 1, 1994, if an offender's probation or community control is revoked and the offender is serving a split sentence pursuant to s. 948.012, upon recommitment to the Department of Corrections, the court shall order credit for time served in state prison or county jail only, without considering any type of gain-time earned before release to supervision, or any type of sentence reduction granted to avoid prison overcrowding, including, but not limited to, any sentence reduction resulting from administrative gain-time, provisional credits, or control release.”) (emphasis added).

PER CURIAM.

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