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WRIGHT v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

(13898)

216 Conn. 220 (1990)

WILLIAM TOBY WRIGHT, SR. v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. D. McCallum, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Clarine Nardi Riddle, attorney general, for the appellant (respondent).

Michael J. Isko, deputy assistant public defender, with whom was John W. Watson, assistant public defender, for the appellee (petitioner).

SHEA, CALLAHAN, COVELLO, HULL and BORDEN, JS.

HULL, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether seven day job credit (job credit) provided by General Statutes § 18-98a and outstandingly meritorious performance credit (OMP credit) provided by General Statutes § 18-98b earned during a subsequently vacated sentence must be credited against a new sentence imposed for the same offense. We conclude that affording such credit is constitutionally mandated by the double jeopardy clause of the United States constitution...

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