Opinion ID: 1512563
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Heading: This Appeal Lost Good Time Credit

Text: This appeal follows that denial of Weber's motion. Weber's contention is that the separate manner in which the 1991 sentence was imposed denied him credit for good time served during his initial incarceration and constitutes a failure to credit him for punishment already exacted, as required by North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 718, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 2077, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969). Weber also contends that the 1991 sentence penalizes him for taking a successful appeal. To disturb a sentence on appeal, there must be a showing either of the imposition of an illegal sentence or of abuse of the trial judge's broad discretion. See Howell v. State, Del.Supr., 421 A.2d 892, 899 (1980) (citing United States v. Noll, 600 F.2d 1123 (5th Cir.1979)). Weber has not challenged the discretion of the trial court. His appeal asserts that the sentence imposed in May of 1991 is illegal.