GRIFFIN V. STATE

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2001 JAMES ALLEN GRIFFIN, ** Appellant, ** vs. ** ** THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. CASE NO. 3D00-3635 LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 98-40478 ** Opinion filed October 31, 2001. An appeal under Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Lawrence A. Schwartz, Judge. James Allen Griffin, in proper person. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Kristine Keaton, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before COPE, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ. PER CURIAM. James Allen Griffin appeals an order denying his postconviction motion whereby he seeks credit for jail time served prior to sentencing. We affirm the order denying relief. The plea colloquy in this case was very specific that the defendant was waiving any claim for credit for time served prior to sentencing. Such a waiver is permissible in a plea bargain. Wade v. State, 776 So. 2d 1082, 1082 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); Cozza v. State, 756 So. 2d 272, 273-74 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). Affirmed. 2

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