Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

Re: Held in Jail

if his original sentence is complete, there is no justificatoin for them to hold him in jail simply to be a witness. Now, lets say he was a co-defendant on that 2004 case, and took a plea where he would testify, he could be serving his time on that charge, albeit a lesser sentence because of his promise to testify. I really need more facts before I could give a more definite answer. However, an attorney could always file the proper writ to get the person released where the facts make it possible.