Legal Opinion

People v. Watts

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided January 8, 1991No. Docket 120194PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, J.

Defendant pled guilty of malicious destruction of police property. MCL 750.377b; MSA 28.609(2). He was sentenced to serve a term of two to four years in prison, with his sentence being consecutive to the sentence he was then serving in that he was on parole at the time of the instant oifense. He now appeals and we affirm.

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in denying him credit against his sentence for time served. We disagree. This Court has previously held that a defendant who has received a consecutive sentence is not entitled to credit against the subsequent sentence for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. MilbournMichigan Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. ColesMichigan Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Browning v. Michigan Department of CorrectionsMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
  4. People v. BrownMichigan Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. People v. CantuMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. EilolaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. MiddletonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2007
  3. State v. PriceMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  4. State v. SanchezNebraska Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. People v. SeidersMichigan Court of Appeals · 2004

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