Case Name: Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., Appellant, v. Carl L. GATES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-04-04
Citations: 690 So. 2d 748
Docket Number: No. 96-3039
Parties: Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., Appellant, v. Carl L. GATES, Appellee.
Judges: HARRIS and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 690
Pages: 748–749

Head Matter:
Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., Appellant, v. Carl L. GATES, Appellee.
No. 96-3039.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 4, 1997.
Susan Schwartz, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
No appearance for Appellee.

Opinion:
GOSHORN, Judge.
The Department of Corrections appeals from an order requiring it to restore gain-time which was forfeited during the service of the mandatory portion of Gates's sentence. We reverse. At the time the court entered its order, the trial judge correctly recognized he was bound by the First District's opinion in Buffa v. Singletary, 652 So.2d 885 (Fla. 1st DCA), dismissed, 658 So.2d 989 (Fla.1995). The First District has now receded from Bvffa by its en banc opinion in Singletary v. Jones, 681 So.2d 836 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).
REVERSED.
HARRIS and ANTOON, JJ., concur.