People v. Grewell CA4/1

DISCUSSION

I. Calculation of Custody Credits

A. Introduction

Grewell was in custody in SCE328629 (case one) when a complaint was filed

against him in SCD247683 (case two). He pleaded guilty in both cases. In each case,

the trial court sentenced him to the upper term of three years, with the sentence in case

two running concurrent to the sentence in case one. The court ordered a split sentence,

with two years in county jail and one year in mandatory supervision. At the time of

sentencing, the court awarded presentence custody credits for both cases, which is the

subject of this appeal.

Specifically, in case one, the trial court awarded Grewell 95 days of actual

custody, calculated from the date of his arrest and booking (March 23, 2013) to the

date of his sentencing (June 25, 2013), and 94 days of conduct credit for a total of 189

days. (All date references are to 2013.) In case two, the trial court calculated

Grewell's presentence credits to be 55 days of actual custody and 54 days of conduct

credit, for a total of 109 days. The court calculated his actual custody from the date of

his arraignment (May 2) to the date of his sentencing (June 25), for a total of…