Court Opinion

ID: 9673919
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:20:26.943284+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:24.773680
License: Public Domain

McCown, J.,
dissenting in part.
This court has again approved a denial of credit for time served in jail while awaiting sentence without explanation. The District Court gave no explanation or reason for denial of credit in the record. This court has held that ordinarily a defendant should be given credit for time spent in jail prior to sentencing. See State v. Blazek, 199 Neb. 466, 259 N. W. 2d 914. *447See, also, my concurring opinion in Eutzy v. State, 199 Neb. 384, 258 N. W. 2d 829.
Most judges of the District Court now grant credit for jail time as a matter of course. All judges of the District Court should do so and this court should consistently demand that credit be given for jail time where no explanation appears to justify denial.