People v. Williams

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 109361
Decision Date: 
Friday, January 21, 2011
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Appellate Court affirmed.
Justice: 
GARMAN
The date of issuance of the mittimus is the first day of a sentence, and that day should be counted only once. Thus a Defendant should not be credited with that day as presentence credit. (KILBRIDE, FREEMAN, THOMAS, KARMEIER, BURKER, and THEIS, concurring.)