MTR. OF LICITRA v. COUGHLIN


61 N.Y.2d 450 (1984)

In the Matter of Victor Licitra, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois Goland and David Leven for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Peter G. Crary and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.


JONES, J.

For the purposes of computing sentence credit the sentence of a criminal defendant is interrupted during the period of his freedom from detention between the date of the reversal of his conviction by an intermediate appellate court and the subsequent reinstatement of his conviction by our court.

Appellant's conviction of manslaughter in the second degree was reversed and his indictment dismissed...

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