People v. Farmer

The defendant, Rebecca Farmer, pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced to probation. Defendant’s probation was subsequently revoked and she was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant initially contends that she is entitled to a new sentencing hearing because no presentence report was prepared and the parties did not agree to a specific sentence. Defendant lastly contends that she should be given credit against her prison sentence for the time she served on probation since the judge did not expressly deny her that credit.

On February 2, 1987, a criminal information was…