Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-6-138

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section 44-6-138 - Sentence begins date

(a) Jail credit. Each sentence begins date shall reflect all jail credit.

(b) Reimposed sentence, governed by date of reimposition; adjustment alternatives. The sentence begins date for reimposed sentences, including those reimposed for technical probation violators or persons returned by appellate mandates, shall be the date the court reimposed the sentence unless jail credit or prior penal credit is due. If the court instructs the inmate to surrender to correctional authorities after the sentence imposition date, that surrender date shall become the sentence begins date. This date may be further adjusted by jail credit.

(c) Multiple concurrent sentences governed by court order. The court orders in which multiple, nonconsecutive sentences were imposed shall serve as the reference to ascertain the sentence begins date for use in computing the controlling minimum, maximum, conditional release dates, or guidelines release date, as applicable, subject to the provisions of K.A.R. 44-6-137, K.A.R. 44-6-138, and K.A.R. 44-6-139.

(d) Multiple consecutive sentences. When multiple sentences are imposed on the same date with the stipulation that one is to be consecutive to another, that date shall be used for the sentence begins date unless adjustments are necessary to allow for jail credit. Jail credits allowed shall reflect the largest amount given on any sentence.

(e) Consecutive before 1979 or after 1982. If a sentence for a crime committed before January 1, 1979 or after July 1, 1982 is to be consecutive with any previously imposed sentence, all dates shall be computed from the earliest sentence imposition date, allowing for jail credit and prior penal credit earned on that earliest sentence. If an inmate has been on probation, parole, or conditional release, as a result of a previously imposed sentence, parole eligibility, conditional release, and maximum dates shall also be adjusted to give credit for time served on probation, parole, or conditional release, subject to K.S.A. 21-4608, and amendments thereto.

(f) Consecutive sentences between 1979 and 1982. If a sentence for a crime committed on or after January 1, 1979 and through June 30, 1982 is to be consecutive with any previously imposed sentence, the sentence begins date shall be determined by the imposition date of the latest sentence. The sentence begins date shall then be moved to an earlier date by an amount of time equal to jail credit and prior penal credit earned on the earlier sentence. Credit shall also be allowed for the time on the minimum term of the earlier sentence, including any time on probation or parole, up to a maximum reduction equal to the minimum term of the earlier sentence.

(g)

(1) If a sentence for a crime committed on or after July 1, 1983 is to be consecutive with some previously imposed sentence, the aggregated minimums and maximums shall be computed, and the aggregate sentence shall have the same sentence begins date as the newly imposed sentence. Credit shall be given on the aggregate in an amount equal to the time served on the earlier sentences included in the aggregate. However, for the purpose of computing the sentence begins date, the parole eligibility date, and the conditional release date, this credit shall not exceed the amount of time equal to the period from the sentence begins date, for the previous sentence, to the earliest possible parole eligibility date as if all good time credits had been earned on that previous sentence. An inmate serving a life sentence shall be allowed credit for the total time served, not to exceed 15 years. An inmate serving a mandatory minimum sentence shall be allowed credit for all time served on the sentence before July 1, 1982 plus the remaining minimum time to serve, less all good time credits allowable. When computing the maximum date, the inmate shall receive credit for all time served on the previous sentence.

(2) If the aggregate includes a sentence on which the inmate was serving probation, parole, or conditional release, no credit for time spent on that probation, parole, or conditional release shall be given in computations for the aggregate sentence.

(h) When the aggregate is being computed, the inmate shall be given credit for time spent on probation or parole if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) An inmate is returned to prison as a parole violator with multiple new charges that have identical sentences running concurrent with each other but consecutive to the previous sentence on which parole was being served.

(2) The date of offense on one or more new charges is before July 1, 1983, and another is after July 1, 1983.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-6-138

Authorized by K.S.A. 75-5251; implementing K.S.A. 21-4608, K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-3717, as amended by L. 2002, Ch. 163, Sec. 5; effective, T-84-32, Nov. 23, 1983; effective May 1, 1984; amended, T-85-37, Dec. 19, 1984; amended May 1, 1985; amended May 1, 1988; amended Sept. 6, 2002.