Ex Parte Dalton

Citations

• 49 Cal. 463

Syllabus

<p>Deduction from Prisoner’s Teem oe Service.—When a prisoner has been convicted of felony for two offenses, for which he has been sentenced to suffer imprisonment in the State Prison, the term of imprisonment on the second sentence to commence at the expiration of the first, any deduction for good behavior to which the prisoner may be entitled during the first term of imprisonment, under the Act of 1868, must not be taken from the end of such first term, but from the end of the entire term included in both sentences.</p> <p>Idem.—The entire period of penal servitude included in both sentences, is but one term within the meaning of said statute, and the number of days deduction to which the prisoner may be entitled for good behavior is to be taken from the end of the entire term.</p>