State v. Mendoza
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The Supreme Court reversed the judgment issued by the district court denying Defendant full credit for all days he spent incarcerated from the date he was served with an arrest warrant through sentencing, holding that Defendant was entitled to credit against his sentence from the date he was served with the arrest warrant to the date he was sentenced.
Defendant was charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI). Defendant pleaded guilty to the DUI. After he was sentenced, Defendant appealed, asserting that, pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. 46-18-403(1), he was entitled to credit for the time he was served with the arrest warrant to the date he was sentenced. The Supreme Court agreed and remanded the matter to the district court to amend the judgment and provide Defendant credit according to this opinion, holding that Defendant was entitled to credit for each day he was incarcerated from his arrest to sentencing, regardless of whether he was also being held in connection with another matter in a different county.
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