Commonwealth v. Lombardo

The issue before us is whether the defendant is entitled to jail credit for time he spent awaiting trial, or whether he already received appropriate credit for that time on an earlier sentence for a probation violation. After review, we conclude that the defendant already received credit for the time he served and that awarding him additional jail credit would be "double counting" and inappropriate.

On August 5, 2010, the defendant was arraigned on four charges of rape of a child. He was held on bail and on October 14, 2010, pleaded guilty to three of those charges.2 On one count, the…