Chalifoux v. Commissioner of Correction

How courts have described this case

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• in cases concerning the computation of sentences, “where no statute was controlling, we have been guided by considerations of fairness and a proper sense of justice”
• fairness and justice are appropriate considerations in deciding whether and to what extent credit should be given for time spent in custody
• de-tainer and refusal to accept prisoner from foreign jurisdiction entitle prisoner to credit against domestic sentence
• constructive custody suggested where Massachusetts refused to accept prisoner from California because of overcrowded conditions; but case decided on fairness grounds
• due process requires credit for time served in California where Massachusetts declined to receive prisoner on transfer and declined to credit him with time served on a concurrent sentence
• credit for time served required where Commonwealth did not promptly advise prisoner serving out-of- State sentence intended to run concurrently with Massachusetts State sentence of Commonwealth's refusal to receive him on transfer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).