Harris v. Charles

f 1 —A statute entitles felons detained before trial on electronic home monitoring to be credited for the time served. No statute entitles misdemeanants to the same credit. In view of the differences between felony and misdemeanor sentencing, we hold this distinction is rational and does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.

FACTS

¶2 Respondent Joshua Harris was charged in Seattle Municipal Court with one count of driving while license suspended in the third degree (DWLS Third) and one count of operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device. *933He posted bail of $5,000 and began…