Bill > HB612

This bill modifies Montana's criminal procedure laws regarding sentence revocation, specifically addressing how new sentences are applied when a suspended or deferred sentence is revoked. The bill amends two sections of Montana law (46-18-203 and 46-18-401) to clarify that when a suspended or deferred sentence is revoked, the new sentence must run consecutively (one after another) with any existing sentences, unless the original suspended or deferred sentence was already running concurrently (at the same time) with the previous sentence. This means that if an offender violates the terms of their suspended or deferred sentence, and a judge decides to revoke that sentence, the new sentence will be added to the end of any existing sentences they are already serving. The bill provides judges with flexibility in handling sentence revocations by allowing them to continue the original sentence, modify its conditions, place the offender in various correctional facilities or programs, or fully revoke the suspended sentence and require the offender to serve the original sentenced term.

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https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3230