Licitra v. Coughlin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

For the purposes of computing sentence credit the sentence of a criminal defendant is interrupted during the period of his freedom from detention between the date of the reversal of his conviction by an intermediate appellate court and the subsequent reinstatement of his conviction by our court.

Appellant’s conviction of manslaughter in the second degree was reversed and his indictment dismissed by the *452Appellate Division on May 1, 1978 (63 AD2d 654) in consequence of which he was released from custody on May 4, 1978. On July 9, 1979 we reversed and reinstated his…