Legal Opinion
State v. Richards
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1987No. 20580PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:
Danny Richards appeals a judgment entered against him for assault, a class B misdemeanor, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-102 (1978). The trial court sentenced Richards to the maximum term of six months in the Salt Lake County jail and refused to give him credit for seventy-five days of presentence incarceration he served because of his inability to post bail. The issue he raises is whether he was denied equal protection of the law by the trial court’s refusal to credit his sentence with his presentence incarceration time.
On December 15, 1984, Richards…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- People v. ScheibIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
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