In Re D.S.

{¶ 1} In this appeal, we address whether R.C. 2152.18(B) requires a juvenile court to credit the days a juvenile has been held in confinement pending disposition of a delinquency charge against the term of confinement the court imposes on the juvenile for that charge at final disposition. We hold that the plain language of the statute mandates that predisposition confinement be credited to the juvenile, and accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals. We remand this cause to the juvenile court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion, including an instruction to…