Court Opinion

ID: 9672950
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:03:10.1967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:19.421060
License: Public Domain

WOMACK, Judge,
dissenting.
I agree with the Court that the applicant has no right to credit against the sentence for the time in jail before trial if it did not cause his total incarceration to exceed the maximum penalty.
I also agree with the principle that denial of credit against the sentence for time spent in jail during appeal might violate the right to due course of law. I think the decision to grant relief to this applicant in these eases is premature. These sentences, which are less than the maximum in each case, and which are not cumulated, were entered after a plea-bargain agreement. If the applicant agreed to this punishment, and if the State forewent its right to seek more punishment, with the knowledge and expectation that the appellant would not be credited for time spent in jail during appeal, there might well be a waiver of the right.
The convicting court made no findings of fact. I would remand these cases to the convicting court for resolution of these issues of fact.