State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Kansas > Chapter21 > Article46 > Statutes_1214621-4614
21-4614. Deduction of time spent in confinement.In any criminal action in which the defendant is convicted upon a pleaof guilty or no contest or trial by court or jury or upon completion ofan appeal, thejudge, if the judge sentences thedefendant to confinement, shall direct that for the purpose of computingdefendant's sentence and parole eligibility and conditionalreleasedates thereunder, that such sentence is to be computed from a date, tobe specifically designated by the court in the sentencing order of thejournal entry of judgment or the judgment form, whichever is delivered withthe defendant to the correctional institution, such date shall be establishedto reflect and shall becomputed as an allowance for the time which the defendant has spentincarceratedpending the disposition of the defendant's case. In recording thecommencing date of such sentence the date as specifically set forth bythe court shall be used as the dateof sentence and all good time allowances as are authorized by the Kansasparole board are to be allowed on such sentencefrom such date asthough the defendant were actually incarcerated in any of theinstitutions of the state correctional system. Such jail time credit isnot to be considered to reduce the minimum or maximum terms ofconfinement as are authorized by law for the offense of which thedefendant has been convicted.
History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4614; L. 1970, ch. 124, § 13;L. 1972, ch. 317, § 101; L. 1973, ch. 339, § 72; L. 1980, ch. 104,§ 2;L. 2001, ch. 208, § 7; July 1.
