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FL S0462
Bill
AI Summary
- Prohibits sentencing courts from granting a defendant credit for time served during any period in which the defendant is determined to have been knowingly malingering or feigning an illness while in custody
- Requires that a psychologist or psychiatrist make the determination of malingering, and a judge must concur with that determination before the credit denial takes effect
- Applies to persons under civil or criminal arrest, in lawful custody of law enforcement, or committed to a municipal jail, county jail, state prison, prison farm, penitentiary, or the Department of Corrections
- Amends s. 921.161, F.S., to create an exception to the existing requirement that courts credit defendants for all pre-sentence time spent in county jail
- Reenacts related statutes on pretrial detention, Control Release Authority eligibility, and parole interview eligibility to incorporate the amendment, with a proposed effective date of July 1, 2017
Legislative Description
Sentencing
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice
5/5/2017
Committee Referrals
Criminal Justice2/9/2017
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