In re General Orders

ORDER RESPECTING CREDIT FOR INCARCERATION.

Section 95-2215(a), R.C.M. 1947, reads as follows: — •

“Any person incarcerated on a bailable offense and against whom a judgment of imprisonment is rendered shall be allowed credit for each day of incarceration prior to of after conviction except that in no case shall the time allowed as a credit exceed the term of the prison sentence rendered.”

It appears that the District Courts over the State have been interpreting this statute in various ways and in particular have specified in many instances in their judgments and commitments that the…