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Vermont Supreme Court: Home Detention Doesn't Count as Time Served

Loaded on Dec. 26, 2017

Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Alternative Sentencing. Location: Vermont.

The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a pretrial releasee subjected to a 24-hour home detention curfew with exceptions as a condition of release was not entitled to credit for time served on release because he was not “in custody” at any time during his release. …

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