Caldwell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[w]e duly note that due process does not require that a criminal defendant receive credit on a subsequent unrelated sentence for time served on a prior invalid sentence. See United States ex rel. Smith v. Rundle, 285 F.Supp. 965 (E.D.Pa.1966[sic]). There is no constitutional requirement that the time a defendant served on a prior invalid sentence must be credited against a subsequent valid sentence arising from unrelated offenses as the Constitution does not authorize penal checking accounts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Siers v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole