IN RE COSTELLO

No. 54830-1-I.

129 P.3d 827 (2006)

131 Wash.App. 828

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Tony COSTELLO, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

March 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Nielsen, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Donna H. Mullen, Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, Ann Marie Summers, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


DWYER, J.

¶ 1 An offender sentenced to a term of confinement has both a constitutional and a statutory right to receive credit for all confinement time served before sentencing. However, an offender serving multiple consecutive sentences is not entitled to have credit for a discrete period of confinement applied to each consecutive sentence, as this would result in a multiple award of the credit. Petitioner Tony Costello filed this personal restraint petition...

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