Legal Opinion · Dissent
Shelton v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 24, 1998No. 96-CF-1050Published
1DissentRankin, Associate Judge
The sole question that must be decided in this appeal is whether appellant’s confinement at St. Elizabeths Hospital for-treatment pursuant to the Sexual Psychopath Act (“SPA”) D.C.Code § 22-3503, et seq., after he had pleaded guilty to criminal offenses but before he was sentenced, qualifies for credit against his sentence under the District of Columbia Good Time Credits Act of 1986 (“GTCA”), D.C.Code § 24-431.1 It is a ques*612tion of statutory construction, therefore, applicable canons of construction must guide the analysis and the outcome. “When interpreting statutory language, this court…
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