People v. Wolfenbarger

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

Two petitions for habeas corpus and an appeal from a judgment committing Larry Steven Wolfenbarger to state prison for a violation of probation raise the identical issue of a convicted defendant’s entitlement to “back time credit” for periods spent in a “residential” private drug treatment program required as a condition of probation. We conclude: (1) Penal Code section 2900.5 requires s<back time credit” for court ordered time spent in a “work furlough facility, halfway house, [or] rehabilitation facility” whether the institution is govemmentally or privately operated; (2)…