BUSH v. STATE OF FLORIDA 

Supreme Court of Florida

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No. SC04-2306

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CORBBLIN BUSH,

Petitioner,

vs.

STATE OF FLORIDA, et al.,

Respondents.

[December 21, 2006]

CORRECTED OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Corbblin Bush seeks review of the district court decision in Bush v. State, 886 So. 2d 339 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004), based on express and direct conflict with Schmidt v. Crusoe, 878 So. 2d 361 (Fla. 2003). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We approve in part and quash in part the decision below as explained herein.

I. FACTS

Bush pled guilty to a criminal offense and was convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. He subsequently filed a prisoner grievance, claiming that he was entitled to additional provisional release credits that would shorten his prison time. His grievance was denied and he filed a mandamus petition in circuit court in the Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County, where the Department of Corrections (â€