Case Name: Wayne SHERMAN, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-05-20
Citations: 431 So. 2d 711
Docket Number: No. AN-452
Parties: Wayne SHERMAN, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, THOMPSON and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 431
Pages: 711–711

Head Matter:
Wayne SHERMAN, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.
No. AN-452.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 20, 1983.
Ronald D. Combs, Gainesville, for appellant.
James W. Sloan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, an inmate at Florida State Prison who is serving a sentence subject to the three-year mandatory minimum of § 775.087, Fla.Stat. appeals the denial by the Department of Corrections (DOC) of his request to receive work gain-time during the mandatory minimum term of his imprisonment. This issue has previously been decided in appellant's favor in James v. Department of Corrections, 424 So.2d 826 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983) which held that the DOC had no statutory authority to prohibit inmates from earning work gain-time while serving the three-year mandatory minimum sentence imposed pursuant to § 775.087.
REVERSED.
ERVIN, THOMPSON and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.