Bill > HB191

This bill enacts new provisions into the Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically Article 880(F) and (G), to clarify how credit for time served in jail before sentencing, known as "jail credit," is applied when a person receives multiple consecutive sentences for different crimes. The key change is that a defendant will no longer receive overlapping jail credit for time spent in custody that counts towards more than one consecutive sentence; instead, the credit will only be applied to one of those sentences. This aims to prevent situations where a single period of incarceration is counted as time served for multiple separate sentences, and any jail credit awarded in violation of this rule will be considered invalid.

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