E.R. v. State

RYDER, Judge.

Appellant was adjudicated delinquent and found guilty of battery upon school board employee, resisting arrest without violence, burglary of a dwelling and aggravated battery, and committed to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services without being given credit for time served in secure detention pending adjudication. Before us, he argues that failure to give credit for this period constitutes an illegal sentence. A detainee must be granted credit for time served prior to conviction in any institution serving as the functional equivalent of a county jail. TalMason v.…