Case Name: Petition of CLIFFORD R. WILSON
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1970-01-13
Citations: 154 Mont. 508
Docket Number: No. 11808
Parties: Petition of CLIFFORD R. WILSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 508–509

Head Matter:
Petition of CLIFFORD R. WILSON.
No. 11808.
Decided January 13, 1970.
463 P.2d 469.
Clifford R. Wilson, pro se.

Opinion:
MEMO OPINION
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner, an inmate of the Montana State Prison, seeks an appropriate writ to secure credit for time served in jail prior to his conviction and sentence to the prison.
Petitioner was convicted on January 22, 1968, and sentenced to four years in prison. He alleges he served 53 days in the jail previous to the imposition of the sentence, credit for which was not granted to him. He has previously applied to the district court and been advised by the judge thereof that section 95-2215, R.C.M.1947, which provides for such credit, became effective on January 1, 1968, as to prosecutions for crimes committed on or after January 1, 1968. As he was advised by the district judge, while petitioner was sentenced after that date the crime of which he was convicted was committed before that date and the new statute would not apply.
The ruling of the district court was correct. Sec. 3 of Chapter 196, Laws of 1967, provided: "The Montana Code of Criminal Procedure is effective January 1, 1968, and its provisions apply to all proceedings in prosecutions for crimes alleged to have been committed on or after that date." Section 95-2215, R.C.M. 1947, referred to previously, is a part of Chapter 196, Laws of 1967.
The relief sought is denied and the proceeding is dismissed.