State v. Johnson

*378OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

We are called upon to determine whether a criminal defendant is entitled to custody credit for time spent in a secure treatment facility when the placement in that facility is based upon a prior civil commitment and is unrelated to the criminal charges for which he was sentenced.

Appellant Joshua Lawrence Johnson pleaded guilty to making terroristic threats while at a secure treatment facility under a civil commitment order. At his sentencing hearing, Johnson was denied custody credit for time spent in a secure treatment facility. The court of appeals affirmed on the…