State v. Harnum

BRODERICK, j.,

dissenting: Because I believe that the trial court erred by failing to credit the defendant’s sentence with the time he was incarcerated in Florida while contesting extradition to New Hampshire, I respectfully dissent.

When this court interprets a statute, “we examine the statutory language itself and construe the law consistently with its plain meaning.” Penrich, Inc. v. Sullivan, 140 N.H. 583, 589, 669 A.2d 1363, 1367 (1995). Under the language of the statute, the defendant is entitled to credit for “[a]ll the time actually spent in custody,” RSA 651:3 (1996), in “the state…