Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Rivera

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided December 13, 2017No. 17–P–639Published

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant appeals from the order denying his motion for a corrected mittimus, contending that he had earned more days of jail credit than the sentencing judge actually credited him with. We affirm.

On June 4, 2008, the defendant, while on probation, was arraigned on narcotics charges and held on $5,000 bail (which he did not post). A superseding indictment against the defendant was returned on January 16, 2009; on that same day he was arraigned on that indictment and a nolle prosequi was entered on each charge in the 2008 indictment. Also on that day a judge held a probation violation…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. BartonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009

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