Is a defendant entitled to credit against his sentence for the amount of confinement he received prior to sentencing?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Salazar, B280129 (Cal. App. 2018):
A defendants is entitled to credit against his or her term for all actual days of confinement prior to sentencing. ( 2900.5, subd. (a); People v. Buckhalter (2001) 26 Cal.4th 20, 30.) The parties do not dispute, and the record discloses, that defendant was arrested on May 30, 2015 and sentenced on January 12, 2017, a total of 594 days.
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