Kentucky Statutes 197.041 – Credit for period confined on reversal and second conviction
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If a defendant is confined in the penitentiary during the pendency of an appeal and, on reversal, is again convicted, he shall be given credit for the period so confined in determining his date of eligibility for parole and his date of release by expiration of sentence.
History: Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 17.
History: Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 17.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 197.041
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.