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Facts

• The Defendant was on probation in a case (Case One) after entering a plea and being sentenced to three years' probation and drug court. The Defendant violated probation conditions on three occasions, leading to three separate petitions to revoke probation. The third petition (PV-3) was filed after the Defendant was arrested for two drug-related offenses in a different case (Case Two). The district court found a probation violation based on the second petition (PV-2) and sentenced the Defendant to incarceration. The Defendant argued that the time spent confined after the probation violation in Case One should be credited toward the sentence in Case Two, as the charges in Case Two influenced the probation revocation in Case One (paras 2-3).

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the incarceration period following the probation violation in Case One, which was influenced by the charges in Case Two, should be credited towards the sentence in Case Two. The Defendant maintained that the Case Two charges "colored" the decision to revoke probation in Case One, making the incarceration for Case One "directly and proximately related to the existence of" Case Two (para 3).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: Contended that the district court in Case One explicitly stated it was not making findings based on PV-3 and that PV-3 was dismissed. The State argued that the Case One district court's decision to incarcerate the Defendant for PV-2 was not influenced by the charges in Case Two, and therefore, the Defendant was not entitled to presentence confinement credit in Case Two for the period in question (para 5).

Legal Issues

• Whether the Defendant is entitled to presentence confinement credit in Case Two for the period of incarceration resulting from a probation violation in Case One, which the Defendant argues was influenced by the charges in Case Two (paras 1, 3).

Disposition

• The district court’s calculation of presentence confinement credit was affirmed, denying the Defendant presentence confinement credit in Case Two for the period between December 2, 2020, and May 9, 2022 (para 7).

Reasons

• Per WRAY, J. (BOGARDUS and DUFFY, JJ., concurring):
  The Court reviewed the district court's determination of presentence confinement credit de novo, applying the legal framework that requires presentence confinement credit as long as the confinement is related to the charge on which the conviction is based. The Court considered whether the confinement in Case One was actually related to the charges in Case Two, focusing on a cause-and-effect relationship between the two cases. The Court found that the Defendant's confinement in Case One was not attributable to Case Two, as the State abandoned PV-3 after sentencing for PV-2, and the district court in Case One disavowed any reliance on PV-3 for its decision. Consequently, the Defendant was not entitled to presentence confinement credit in Case Two for the time from December 2, 2020, until the Case Two sentencing on May 9, 2022, because the confinement was only for PV-2 and not related to Case Two (paras 4-6).