Opinion ID: 2210518
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Heading: Credit for Pre-Trial Detention

Text: Appellant claimed, and the state agreed, that he is entitled to credit against his life sentences for the time he was detained prior to trial. The Rules of Criminal Procedure state that the sentencing court [s]hall assure that the record accurately reflects all time spent in custody in connection with the offense or behavioral incident for which sentence is imposed. Such time shall be automatically deducted from the sentence and the term of imprisonment. . . . Minn. R.Crim.P. 27.03, subd. 4(B). In Escobedo v. Oleisky, 339 N.W.2d 263 (Minn.1983), this court concluded that Rule 27.03 requires that a juvenile defendant certified for prosecution as an adult receive credit for time spent in juvenile detention awaiting certification. Appellant was detained from his arrest through his sentencing in connection with the offenses for which he was convicted. See State v. Brown, 348 N.W.2d 743, 748 (Minn.1984) (time spent in out-of-state custody in connection with Minnesota charges entitles defendant to credit for that time). He is therefore entitled to credit against each of his life sentences for all of the time he was detained. We order his sentences to be modified accordingly.