State v. Fugate

{¶ 1} This case presents us with the question whether a defendant who is sentenced concurrently on multiple charges is entitled to have “jail-time credit” 1 applied toward all terms. We hold that defendants who are sentenced to concurrent prison terms are entitled to have jail-time credit applied toward all prison terms for charges on which they were held.

Facts

{¶ 2} Appellant, Daniel J. Fugate, was indicted in case No. 05CR-4367 on one count of burglary, a second-degree felony, and one count of theft, a fifth-degree felony. A jury later found him guilty of theft as charged in the indictment…