MERTA v. STATE

No. 06-227.

165 P.3d 456 (2007)

2007 WY 137

Jeremy George MERTA, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Jeremy George Merta, Pro se.

Representing Appellee: Patrick J. Crank, Wyoming Attorney General; Terry L. Armitage, Deputy Attorney General; D. Michael Pauling, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Timothy J. Forwood, Assistant Attorney General.

Before VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, KITE, and BURKE, JJ.


HILL, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellant, Jeremy George Merta (Merta), challenges orders of the district court that denied his motions to modify his sentence and/or to correct an illegal sentence. W.R.Cr.P. 35(a) ("The court may correct an illegal sentence at any time."). Merta asserts that his sentence is "illegal" because he was not given proper credit for all time served in jail prior to the imposition of sentence. We will affirm.

ISSUE

[¶ 2]...

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