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Anthony TAYLOR, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana2018-01-18No. Court of Appeals Case No. 49A02–1701–CR–195
96 N.E.3d 121

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Opinion

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Kirsch, Judge.

[1] Anthony Taylor appeals the trial courts denial of his motion for jail credit time contending that the trial courts calculation of his pre-trial jail credit time was in error.

[2] We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

[3] On August 9, 2006, Taylor was arrested. On August 10, 2006, the State charged Taylor with unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon. On August 12, 2006, Taylor was released on bond. Taylor was arrested on October 6, 2006, when he violated his bond, and released again on October 27, 2006. On December 4, 2006, he was arrested again and released again on December 8, 2006. On December 13, 2006, he was arrested again. He was released on February 8, 2007. On April 12, 2007, the trial court found Taylor guilty. He was remanded to the custody of the Sheriff on April 20, 2007. On April 23, 2007, Taylor was sentenced to fifteen years executed in the Department of Correction. At sentencing, the parties agreed that Taylor should receive ninety-three days of pre-trial jail credit time. Appellants App. Vol. II at 17.

[4] This courts decision on Taylors direct appeal was issued on December 27, 2007. Taylor v. State , No. 49A04-0705-CR-283 (Ind. Ct. App. Dec. 27, 2007). On January 11, 2017, Taylor filed a motion for jail time credit in the trial court, and the trial court denied the motion on the same day. Taylor now appeals.

Discussion and Decision

[5] Because pre-sentence jail time credit is a matter of statutory right, trial courts generally do not have discretion in awarding or denying such credit. Molden v. State , 750 N.E.2d 448, 449 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). However, those sentencing decisions not mandated by statute are within the discretion of the trial court and will be reversed only upon a showing of abuse of that discretion. Id. At the time of Taylors conviction, a person imprisoned for a crime or confined awaiting trial or sentencing would have been assigned to Class I and, based upon that classification, earned one day of credit time for each day he is confined. Ind. Code §§ 35-50-6-3, 35-50-6-4 ; Hall v. State , 944 N.E.2d 538, 542 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011), trans. denied . Determination of a defendants pretrial credit is dependent upon (1) pretrial confinement, and (2) the pretrial confinement being a result of the criminal charge for which the sentence is being imposed. Hall , 944 N.E.2d at 538.

[6] Finding that the trial court did not miscalculate Taylors pre-trial credit time, we do not analyze the States arguments on waiver, but rather address Taylors argument on the merits. His documentation from the Marion County Sheriffs Department indicates the dates that Taylor was imprisoned in the Marion County Jail for this offense. Appellants App . Vol II at 25. Based on the Marion County Sheriffs Department Time Served at the Marion County Jail document detailing Taylors time spent in jail, id , Ex. F, Taylors pre-trial jail credit for his charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon should be calculated as follows: On August 9, 2006, Taylor was arrested. On August 10, 2006, Taylor was charged and his bond was set at $80,000. On August 12, 2006, Taylor made bond and was released (four days). On October 6, 2006, Taylor was arrested when he violated his bond and was released again on October 27, 2006 (twenty-two days). On December 4, 2006, Taylor violated his bond again and was incarcerated in the Marion County Jail until December 8, 2006 (five days). He was arrested a fourth time on December 13, 2006 and was not released until February 8, 2007 (fifty-eight days). After being found guilty, Taylor was arrested and remanded to the custody of the Marion County Sheriffs Department on April 20, 2007. He was sentenced on April 23, 2007 (four days). Therefore, Taylors total amount of pre-trial jail credit time was ninety-three days, which is the amount of pre-trial jail credit time he received.

[7] Any time that Taylor served in the Marion County Jail after he was sentenced is not considered pre-trial credit time. I.C. § 35-50-6-4(h) (pre-trial credit only applies to a person imprisoned awaiting trial). The time that Taylor served in the Marion County Jail after he was sentenced is properly applied to the remaining balance of his executed sentence. Taylors appealed motion does not include any allegation that he did not properly receive his post-sentencing credit for time spent in the Marion County Jail. The trial court properly denied Taylors motion for jail time credit, as the ninety-three days of pre-trial jail credit that Taylor was awarded at sentencing was proper.

[8] Affirmed.

[9] Bailey, J., and Pyle, J., concur.