Court Opinion

ID: 9685679
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:57:02.822988+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:09.361201
License: Public Domain

KELLEY, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. Our concern here is with the defendant’s sentence on two separate crimes; felony possession of a controlled substance and gross misdemean- or theft. Defendant spent no time in jail prior to his sentencing on either crime. The time he spent in jail, while those matters were pending, was the result of revocation of a prior contempt of court probationary sentence, which, of course, had no connection with either crime we are concerned with today. I fail to see why defendant should receive any credit on either sentence for jail time served when the jail time was unrelated to either crime, and, in particular, why he should receive jail credit when, in fact, he was free on the streets on bail with regard to the felony. In short, I submit the rationale of State v. Vaughn, 361 N.W.2d 54, 59 (Minn.1985) is the appropriate one for application in this case. Even though the trial court gave jail credit on each sentence, I don’t think he was compelled to do so, and I reject the contention that by so doing he impermissibly im*31posed a consecutive sentence. Therefore, I would affirm.