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Panel examines 455‑day sentencing‑credit dispute in Arbelay appeal
Summary
Defense said Francis Arbelay lost nearly 455 days of credit because credit was applied to a shorter concurrent sentence; the panel questioned credit math, parole effects and whether the challenge is moot after the defendant————pled guilty to a later charge.
Kevin DeMello, representing Francis Arbelay, argued the appeals court should correct a sentencing‑credit calculation that he said left his client effectively without credit for nearly 455 days the defendant spent in custody. DeMello told the panel that bureaucratic delay and docket handling left the credit applied against a short sentence rather than the longer sentence that should have been…
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