People v. Resler

Defendant pleaded guilty of embezzlement over $100, MCL 750.174; MSA 28.371. The trial court sentenced him to five years’ probation with the first year in jail. Defendant was awarded sixty days of good-time credit by the sheriff under MCL 51.282(2); MSA 5.883(2)(2). Soon after his release from jail, defendant was found guilty of violating the terms of his probation and was sentenced to five to ten years’ imprisonment. The trial court allowed defendant credit only for the time he actually had actually served in jail on the embezzlement charge. In this appeal of right, defendant argues that he…