Commonwealth v. Holmes

This case is before the court for further appellate review. The Appeals Court, in a divided opinion, held that the defendant must be credited for time served on a sentence for a vacated conviction against sentences that he was serving on later convictions. Commonwealth v. Holmes, 83 Mass. App. Ct. 737 (2013). The Commonwealth argues that the defendant is not entitled to credit for time served on an earlier conviction that was unrelated to the later convictions, where he had completed serving the sentence before committing the new crimes. It argues further that allowing credit in such…