Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David TAL-MASON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-08-20
Citations: 492 So. 2d 1179
Docket Number: No. 85-1754
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David TAL-MASON, Appellee.
Judges: WALDEN, J., and COWART, EDWARD D., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 492
Pages: 1179–1183

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David TAL-MASON, Appellee.
No. 85-1754.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 20, 1986.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 18, 1986.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Richard A. Belz, Supervising Atty., and Jeffrey M. Leukel, Certified Legal Intern of Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Gainesville, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The lower court ruled that appellee was entitled to receive credit towards his sentence for time spent in custody of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services while adjudicated incompetent to stand trial. In so doing, the court found the jail-time credit statute, Section 921.-161(1), Florida Statutes (1983) to violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the state and federal constitutions. The supreme court has previously ruled on the constitutionality of section 921.161 and its non-applicability to pre-sentence confinement in state hospitals and rehabilitation centers. Pennington v. State, 398 So.2d 815 (Fla.1981). We cannot agree with the trial judge that Pennington is inapplicable to the facts of this case. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is reversed.
WALDEN, J., and COWART, EDWARD D., Associate Judge, concur.
ANSTEAD J., concurs specially with opinion.