Case Name: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. Maurice RICO, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-03-05
Citations: 975 So. 2d 632
Docket Number: No. 4D08-220
Parties: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. Maurice RICO, Respondent.
Judges: SHAHOOD, C.J., Stone and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 975
Pages: 632–632

Head Matter:
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. Maurice RICO, Respondent.
No. 4D08-220.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 5, 2008.
Carolyn J. Mosley, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
Howard Finkelstein, Public Defender, and Joseph R. Chloupek, Assistant Public Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Department of Corrections seeks certiorari review of a circuit court order directing it to award respondent gain time. As this court has recognized, the sentencing court lacks authority to award gain time to state prisoners, as this is a matter within the exclusive province of the Department of Corrections. See Fla. Dep't of Corr. v. Martinez, 873 So.2d 537 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Crosby v. Harvey, 861 So.2d 102, 102 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
Therefore, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the circuit court's order.
SHAHOOD, C.J., Stone and GROSS, JJ., concur.