Legal Opinion
State v. Bonafide
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 5, 1990No. C2-90-583PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
This appeal raises the issue of whether the sentencing court must allow credit against sentence for time spent in a security hospital under a civil commitment order that originated during the pendency of the criminal proceeding. We hold that the time must be automatically deducted from the sentence because it is custodial time connected to the offense or behavioral incident for which sentence was imposed. Reversed and remanded for resentencing.
FACTS
Stephen Bonafide was arrested and taken into custody in October, 1988. While in custody and during the pendency of the…
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