Case Title: Schell v. Wainwright

Citation: 322 So. 2d 897

Docket Number: 

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1975-11-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
322 So. 2d 897 (1975)
Kenneth Paul SCHELL, Petitioner,
v.
Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.
No. 47787.

Supreme Court of Florida.
November 12, 1975.
Kenneth Paul Schell, in pro per.
ROBERTS, Justice.
Petitioner by Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus seeks credit for the full time he has served on parole toward his sentence.
Petitioner alleges that he has lived in accordance to the rules of parole supervision from July 2, 1974 until March 20, 1975, the latter being the date of his arrest for parole violation. This Court forwarded a copy of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Supervisor of Inmate Records, Division of Corrections, with directions to show cause why petitioner should not receive credit for the time served under parole supervision. We received a response from the Division of Corrections in this and several other causes relating to the same issue which provides in pertinent part:
The statutory provision referred to by the Division of Corrections 947.21 which provided:
was amended by the Legislature during the 1974 legislative session by Chapter 74-112, Laws of Florida, to provide:
The effective date of this statute is July 1, 1974.
Accordingly, after the effective date of Chapter 74-112, Florida Statutes, the question of credit for time satisfactorily served on parole became discretionary with the Parole and Probation Commission and, therefore, not subject to collateral attack.[1] The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied without prejudice to petitioner[2] to make application to the Parole and Probation Commission for such relief as the Commission, within its discretion, deems appropriate under 947.21, Florida Statutes (1974).
It is so ordered.
ADKINS, C.J., and BOYD, OVERTON, ENGLAND and SUNDBERG, JJ., concur.
[1]  Although not material sub judice, we note that by Chapter 75-49, General Laws, 1975, the Legislature transferred all powers, duties and functions of the Parole and Probation Commission, except those relating to the exercise of its quasi-judicial duties and functions, as provided by law, by a type four transfer pursuant to s. 20.06(4) to the Department of Offender Rehabilitation.
[2]  Petitioner's revocation occurred after the effective date of Chapter 74-112.