Court Opinion

ID: 9569194
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:11:21.788796+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:50:18.872125
License: Public Domain

SCHWARTZMAN, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached, based upon the constraints imposed under the Banks decision. I write only to voice my consternation at the fundamental irony of the following hypothetical: Defendant A is arrested and is financially unable to post bond. He spends six months in jail awaiting disposition, is placed onto probation, and given credit for six months served in custody. Defendant B posts bond immediately, but to equalize the sentence the court orders him to serve six months in jail as a condition of probation. Both probations are revoked, yet only Defendant A gets six months worth of credit toward the full sentence. Defendant B’s “voluntary” jail time as a condition of probation counts for naught in the final computation.
Perhaps now would be an appropriate time for the Idaho Legislature to take a look at this issue and equalize the credits for time spent in incarceration, given the financial constraints facing this State in terms of housing inmates.
As for Defendants A and B, jail is still jail, no matter how or what you call it! Common sense and fairness dictate an equivalent result.