State v. Thorn

Rees, J.:

This is an appeal from the district court’s refusal to order jail time credit requested by defendant. The one issue presented is whether the district court erred in giving defendant jail time credit for only 27 days.

On October 9, 1975, defendant, a juvenile, was arrested on a forgery charge. The next day a petition was filed in juvenile court alleging defendant was a delinquent. On October 21, 1975, the juvenile court found defendant not amenable to juvenile court proceedings and certified him to district court.

On November 6,1975, defendant pleaded guilty to one count of forgery. On…