Legal Opinion
In Re Watson
California Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1977No. Crim. 19806PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J. *
D. J. McCarthy, Superintendent of the California Men’s Colony at San Litis Obispo appeals from an order granting Charles Denton Watson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking, pursuant to section 2900.5 of the Penal Code, 1 285 days presentence credit for jail time spent in custody in Texas, The central question which we face is whether petitioner is entitled to have such time credited upon his sentence where it was spent in jail in a foreign jurisdiction while he was resisting extradition to California for trial upon charges of which he was ultimately convicted.…
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