Legal Opinion

Apodaca v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1979No. 10353Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This is an appeal from an order denying credit against an original sentence for (1) time spent in jail as a condition of probation; and (2) time spent in jail awaiting a revocation hearing.

For the same reasons expressed in Merna v. State, 95 Nev. 144, 591 P.2d 252 (1979), we reverse that portion of the order denying credit for time served as a condition of probation, and remand the case to the district court with instructions to credit appellant with the time he served as a condition of his probation.

That portion of the order denying appellant credit for the jail time spent awaiting…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Merna v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Ward v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1977

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