POASA v. STATE

No. 76676.

453 P.3d 387 (2019)

135 Nev. Adv. Opn. 57

Uputaua Diana POASA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED November 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Arrascada , Public Defender, and John Reese Petty , Chief Deputy Public Defender, Washoe County, for Appellant.

Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Carson City; Christopher J. Hicks , District Attorney, and Marilee Cate , Appellate Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

Nevada law is well-settled that when a district court imposes a sentence in a criminal case, it must give a defendant credit for any time the defendant has actually spent in presentence confinement absent an express statutory provision making the defendant ineligible for that credit. In this case...

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