Legal Opinion
People v. Pottorff
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 6, 1996No. A067363PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McGUINESS, J. *
James Harvey Pottorff appeals from the sentence he received after pleading no contest to 19 counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act with a child. He contends that the court erred in refusing to award him presentence custody credit for the time he spent on bail subject to certain restrictions. We disagree. Accordingly, we affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
After appellant’s arrest on December 1, 1993, the San Mateo District Attorney charged him by complaint with 12 counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act with a child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)), 1 and…
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