Montana Supreme Court

State v. W. Pillans

May 13, 20252025 MT 100

Summary

The court held that the District Court incorrectly calculated Pillans’s credits for time served and elapsed time. It clarified that time-served credit begins when the sentencing court has jurisdiction over the defendant because of the sentencing case and the defendant is detained pursuant to that jurisdiction, and it required specific documented violations to deny elapsed-time credit. The case was reversed and remanded for recalculation of the credits.