Time spent in a strict residential rehabilitation program as a condition of bail or a Griffiths Remand must be taken into account by the sentencing judge as quasi-custody, and the appropriate method of giving credit is to backdate the commencement date of the sentence. Failure to do so constitutes appealable error, even where the issue was not raised by counsel at the sentencing hearing.
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