Cooper v. State

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2011 EDWIN COOPER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D10-1947 [May 11, 2011] PER CURIAM. Edwin Cooper appeals the summary denial of his rule 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. We affirm without prejudice to Cooper s right to exhaust all administrative remedies at the Department of Corrections with regard to any entitlement to gain time credit. See Jackson v. State, 971 So. 2d 208 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). Inasmuch as Cooper asserts a conclusory entitlement to jail credit, we affirm. See Petscher v. State, 936 So. 2d 639, 639 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (Orfinger, J., concurring specially). Affirmed. GROSS, C.J., WARNER and POLEN, JJ., concur. * * * Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Carlos A. Rodriguez, Judge; L.T. Case No. 96-15596 CF10A. Edwin Cooper, Okeechobee, pro se. No appearance required for appellee. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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