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Nebraska Supreme Court Puts Burden on Migrant Detainee to Prove Sentence Calculation Credit Error
Loaded on April 24, 2023
by Casey Bastian
by Casey J. Bastian
On March 10, 2023, the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a sentencing court’s jail credit calculation under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-503 (Reissue 2021), in a case where the amount of time served was disputed. Importantly, the Court held that the burden to produce a …
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