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· 1/8/1986

People v. Leggans

Citations

  • 488 N.E.2d 614
  • 140 Ill. App. 3d 268
  • 94 Ill. Dec. 615
  • 1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 1708

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that a defendant is not entitled to credit against his sentence for the day on which he was sentenced and remanded to the Department of Corrections
  • denying credit to a defendant for the day he was transported from county jail to DOC because DOC presumably credited the defendant for that day
  • denying credit to a defendant for the day he was transported from county jail to DOC because DOC presumably credited the defendant for that day
  • defendant not entitled to presentencing credit for the day of sentencing because the Department “presumably” credited defendant for that day
  • “a prisoner *** shall receive one day of good conduct credit for each day of his or her sentence”
  • \a prisoner * * * shall receive one day of good conduct credit for each day of his or her sentence\

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Judges: Jones

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