Blakeney v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “In every case in computing the time served by a prisoner, full credit against the sentence must be given for time served prior to trial and sentencing .... Provided, however, that credit for time served prior to trial and sentencing shall not be given: (1) when the prisoner at the time he was imprisoned prior to trial was an escapee from another penal institution; or (2) when the prisoner is serving a sentence for one offense and is awaiting trial and sentence for a second offense in which case he shall not receive credit for time served prior to trial in a reduction of his sentence for the second offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown

2. “If Beaufort County had executed the arrest warrant on September 1, 1992, [Blakeney] would have been entitled to bail; if unable to post a bond, he would have been given credit for time served in the Berkeley County jail while awaiting trial on the Beaufort County charge. Beaufort County's decision not to execute the arrest warrant until December 2, 1993, fifteen months later, should not preclude [Blakeney] from receiving credit from September 1, 1992.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown

3. “the time during which a defendant is in pre-trial confinement and charged with the offense for which he is sentenced (so long as he is not serving time for a prior conviction).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown