Case Name: James POPE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-05
Citations: 711 So. 2d 638
Docket Number: No. 97-2260
Parties: James POPE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH, HARRIS and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 711
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
James POPE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Appellee.
No. 97-2260.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 5, 1998.
James Pope, Daytona Beach, pro se.
Susan A Maher, Deputy General Counsel, and Sheron Wells, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee, Department of Corrections.
No Appearance for Appellee, State of Florida.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's order denying James Pope's (defendant) petition for writ of habeas corpus/mandamus. In his petition, defendant asserted he was entitled to be released from the Department of Corrections, where he is serving a 22-year sentence for robbery, because he had not received provisional release credits pursuant to sections 944.277 and 947.146(3)(a) or (b), Florida Statutes (1990), which were in effect at the time he committed his crime. See Lynce v. Mathis, 519 U.S. 433, 117 S.Ct. 891, 137 L.Ed.2d 63 (1997). The trial court correctly denied the defendant's petition because the petition failed to allege that (1) the defendant had exhausted his administrative remedies with the Department of Corrections, and (2) the defendant would be entitled to receive the amount of credit equal to the amount of time remaining on his sentence. See Duggan v. Department of Corrections, 665 So.2d 1152, 1153 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996); see also Williams v. State, 519 So.2d 723, 724 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's order.
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH, HARRIS and ANTOON, JJ., concur.