Commonwealth v. Vidal

OPINION BY NICHOLS, J.:

Appellant Dymire Vidal appeals from the judgment of sentence entered June 30, 2017, following his guilty plea to aggravated assault. Appellant asserts that he is entitled as a matter of right to sentencing credit for time he spent in a juvenile detention facility after his arrest and prior to his transfer to adult court under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9760(1). We affirm.

In April of 2017, Appellant, who was seventeen years old, was housed at South Mountain Juvenile Detention Center (South Mountain) for a probation violation due to a previous juvenile adjudication and disposition. The…