Ashenfelter v. Employers' Liability Assur. Corp.

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• presumption that credit for presentence custody for want of bail has been given applies whenever a defendant receives less than a maximum sentence
• “Wherever it is possible, as a matter of mechanical calculation, that credit could have been given, we will conclusively presume it was given”
• “Denial of credit ... where others guilty of crimes of the same or greater magnitude automatically receive credit, would entail an arbitrary discrimination within the power and hence the duty of the court to avoid.”

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