Reasee v. State

Reasee, the defendant below (“the defendant”), appeals the trial court’s order correcting his sentence. The defendant argues that the court should have awarded credit for 478 days of pre-sentence jail time, rather than the 451 days of pre-sentence jail time that were credited to his sentence. We agree and reverse.

The defendant was initially charged with violating his probation (“VOP-I”), and a violation of probation hearing was held on February 17, 2011. The defendant appeared in court and pled guilty to the violation of probation. Before the defendant was taken from the courtroom, he was…