Raygoza
People v. Raygoza
Opinion
Opinion
Manella, J.
2011, while awaiting trial, appellant John Paul Raygoza fell $105,000 short in posting the bail set by the court. The court agreed to reduce bail if appellant agreed to be confined to his home under an electronic monitoring program established by the County of Los Angeles. In 2014, after pleading no contest to a charge of false imprisonment and receiving a sentence of four years, he sought presentence custody credit under Penal Code section 2900.5, which requires courts to award such credit for all “days served in home detention pursuant to . . . Section 1203.018.” The trial court denied the request, finding that appellant’s confinement did not fall under section 1203.018, as that provision applies to inmates held “in lieu of bail,” whereas appellant’s home detention resulted from an agreement to post a lesser bail. Appellant contends this was error. We find that appellant’s home detention entitled him to presentence custody credit under section 2900.5. Accordingly, we reverse in part, and remand for recalculation of presentence custody credit.