Case Name: Timothy Lee BURTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-08-09
Citations: 473 So. 2d 817
Docket Number: No. 84-2687
Parties: Timothy Lee BURTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: OTT, A.C.J., and SCHOONOVER and LEHAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 473
Pages: 817–818

Head Matter:
Timothy Lee BURTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 84-2687.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 9, 1985.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary 0. Welch, Asst. Atty, Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant's sentence for grand theft of a motor vehicle is reversed and remanded for resentencing with credit for time served pursuant to section 921.161(1), Florida Statutes (1983). A trial court cannot avoid compliance with section 921.161(1), which requires giving credit for time served in county jail prior to sentencing, by reducing the imposed sentence by an amount of time estimated to be equal to the time for which credit should be given.
OTT, A.C.J., and SCHOONOVER and LEHAN, JJ., concur.