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MO HB956
Bill
Status
3/30/2011
Primary Sponsor
Tom Shively
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AI Summary
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Repeals and reenacts section 558.031 relating to credit for time served in custody toward prison sentences
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Adds new provision prohibiting credit toward an original offense sentence for time spent in custody on a subsequent offense due to a detainer
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Maintains existing requirements that custody credit only applies once for consecutive sentences and only for in-state custody unless compelled by Missouri action
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Requires officers delivering convicted persons to the Department of Corrections to document custody dates and credited time on required paperwork
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Clarifies that escapes interrupt sentences and jail credit, and that time served under vacated sentences must be credited to new sentences for the same offense
Legislative Description
Specifies that time spent in jail, prison, or custody for a subsequent offense because of a detainer will not be credited toward service of a sentence of imprisonment for the original offense
Last Action
Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)
4/12/2011