In Re Lampman

Appellant brought his petition below to . the Chittenden Superior Court, seeking relief under 13 V.S.A. § 7131 et seq. from a sentence claimed to be illegal because it did not afford him credit for 20 days spent in custody in connection with the offense prior to sentence, as required by 13 V.S.A. § 7031(b). Facts were stipulated, and found, both here and below, but extensive recitation of them is not required to bring appellant’s claim into focus. While serving a sentence for another offense, he escaped from the correctional facility, and was arraigned on an escape charge in Vermont District…