Legal Opinion
State v. Aqui
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1986No. 16313PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
This Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals decision mandating the awarding of good time credits against sentence to defendants for the period of their confinement in the Bernalillo County Detention Center prior to trial, judgment, and sentencing. The district court denied defendants’ motions for good time credits on the grounds that it lacked statutory authority to grant them. After resolving a jurisdictional question, the Court of Appeals held that the granting of good time credits for presentence confinement is constitutionally required.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Bearden v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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