Title: GAETANO PELUSO v. THE STATE OF WYOMING

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

Document:

GAETANO PELUSO v. THE STATE OF WYOMING1989 WY 218784 P.2d 223Case Number: 89-252Decided: 12/15/1989Supreme Court of Wyoming
GAETANO PELUSO, APPELLANT 
(DEFENDANT),

v.

THE STATE OF 
WYOMING, 
APPELLEE (PLAINTIFF).

Appeal from the District 
Court, CampbellCounty, Terrence L. 
O'Brien, J.

Gaetano Peluso, 
pro se.

Joseph B. Meyer, 
Atty. Gen., for 
appellee.

Before CARDINE, C.J., and THOMAS, URBIGKIT, MACY 
and GOLDEN, JJ.

PER 
CURIAM.

[¶1.]     Appellant Gaetano 
Peluso appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion for credit 
against his minimum sentence for time served in the county 
jail.

[¶2.]     We 
affirm.

[¶3.]     Appellant pleaded 
guilty and was sentenced to the Wyoming State Penitentiary for a term of three 
to ten years for one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor; two terms 
of three to five years each for two counts of third-degree sexual assault; and 
three terms of six months each for three counts of furnishing alcohol to minors. 
The district court ordered that the sentences run concurrently. Appellant 
received credit against his maximum sentence for time served in the county jail. 
He filed several motions for reduction of sentence, and all were denied. 
Eventually, he filed a motion seeking credit against his minimum sentence for time served in 
the county jail. The district court denied the motion, and Appellant appealed 
that decision.

[¶4.]     Although no briefs have 
been filed, it is apparent that the only issue Appellant could raise is whether 
the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion for credit 
against his minimum sentence for jail time served. We have previously disposed 
of such cases summarily and without briefing. McFarlane v. State, 781 P.2d 931 
(Wyo. 1989); Peper v. State, 768 P.2d 26 
(Wyo. 1989); Mower v. State, 770 P.2d 233 
(Wyo. 
1989).

[¶5.]     The district court has 
broad discretion in determining whether to grant a motion for credit of time 
served in jail against a minimum sentence, and we will not disturb its 
determination absent an abuse of that discretion. A district court is not 
required to grant credit against a minimum sentence for time served in jail 
preceding sentencing as long as the sentence is otherwise legal. Lightly v. 
State, 739 P.2d 1232 (Wyo. 1987). The record is clear that, during 
the sentencing hearing, the district court specifically considered and decided 
not to give Appellant credit against his minimum sentence for the time he was 
incarcerated in the county jail. The record is also clear that the district 
court did not abuse its discretion by denying Appellant's motion for credit 
against his minimum sentence.

[¶6.]     
Affirmed.