SB571 Summary

• Prohibits sentencing a defendant to serve consecutive incarceration portions of split sentences for multiple convictions at the same sentencing event.

• Clarifies that for split sentences of 15 years or less, defendants are not eligible for good time credits or parole during the maximum imprisonment term of up to three years.

• Applies maximum probation limits of 2 years for misdemeanors and 5 years for felonies to all split sentence cases.

• Authorizes courts to modify or revoke probation conditions while a defendant serves either the incarceration or probation portion of a split sentence, and allows courts to order substance abuse or community corrections programs upon probation violation.

• Awards full credit for time served on probation upon successful completion of a court-ordered residential drug or alcohol treatment program.