Month: November 2023
Updated on September 10, 2024
The Clock Starts Now: Kansas Supreme Court Rules Defendants are Now Entitled to Jail Time Credit for All Time They Spend Incarcerated While Their Cases are Pending Disposition.
State v. Hopkins, No. 124,851, 2023 WL 6933634 (Kan. Oct. 20, 2023). Clayton Anderson, Staff Editor Issue: Is an award of jail-time credit limited to the time a defendant spends in custody “solely” on the charge that is …
Category: Kansas Criminal Procedure Survey, Sentencing, Statutory Interpretation Tags: Campbell, charge, Credit, Hopkins, Jail, overruled, sentence, solely, Time