COMMONWEALTH v. FRIAS

No. 00-P-800.

53 Mass. App. Ct. 488 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. JOSE RAFAEL BURGOS FRIAS.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Rafael Burgos Frias, pro se.

Daniel I. Smulow, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: ARMSTRONG, C.J., GRASSO, & BERRY, JJ.


BERRY, J.

This case presents the issue of the date when jail time credits begin to accrue for pretrial confinement in a foreign State where a defendant is arrested on a fugitive warrant outside of Massachusetts, but does not elect to waive extradition until a later date, thereby requiring both the Commonwealth and the foreign State to undertake procedures to effect rendition under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act (UCEA). We hold that the award of Massachusetts...

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