State v. Dale Byam
Supreme Court of Vermont
1Opinion of the CourtEaton, J.
¶ 1. Defendant appeals the trial court's denial of his motion seeking credit against his sentence for time spent under pretrial conditions of release. Defendant urges this Court to apply a rule, a corollary to our decisions in In re McPhee , State v. Platt , and State v. Kenvin , that would give him credit for days when he was subject to a twenty-four-hour curfew with exceptions, but when there was no guarantee that he was in fact compliant with the curfew. We decline to adopt defendant's proposed rule and instead adopt a rule under which nonstatutory home detention with a…
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