Commonwealth v. Nicely

*443Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

This case presents the question whether a defendant who serves jail time as a sanction in a drug court program, where that program is a condition of probation, is entitled to custody credit for that jail time upon a revocation of his probation. This case also presents the subsidiary question whether an adult probationer can be held in contempt for probation violations. The Court of Appeals held such a defendant can be held in contempt and is entitled to credit only where the sanction is a result of a probation violation, and not a contempt finding.…