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Pre-Sentence Detention Earns Good Time Credits in Montana Prison
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2001, page 24
The Montana Supreme Court granted habeas corpus relief to William MacPheat, a Montana state prisoner, who sought goodtime credits for presentence jail time and an earlier release from prison based upon award of those credits.
Filed under:
Jail Specific,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Good Time,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
Montana.
In 1995, MacPheat was charged with multiple crimes and sentenced to 10 years in prison. …
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