Cox v. State

William Cox challenges the trial court’s refusal to award credit for jail time served prior to a violation of probation. We reverse.

Cox was originally charged with a home invasion robbery. After entering a plea, he was sentenced to 364 days’ incarceration followed by five years’ probation.1 Not long after his release from jail, he violated probation. Following an admission to the violation of probation, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to 44.25 months in the Department of Corrections with credit for the twenty-eight days served, the time spent in jail following his arrest on the…