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SUTTON v. LOPES

(12904), (12905)

201 Conn. 115 (1986)

RONALD G. SUTTON v. RAYMOND M. LOPES, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION JOHN J. MCCARTHY v. RAYMOND M. LOPES, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. D. McCallum, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, for the appellant (respondent in both cases).

Joan Leonard, assistant public defender, for the appellees (petitioner in each case).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, DANNEHY, CALLAHAN and STOUGHTON, JS.

SHEA, J.

The sole issue on these combined appeals is whether convicted prisoners are entitled to receive credit under both General Statutes § 18-97 and General Statutes § 18-98 for the same presentence jail time and thus obtain an effective sentence reduction of twice the number of days spent in confinement prior to the imposition of sentence. Each petitioner, being unable to obtain bail, was confined in...

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