Section 27.24 Credit for Jail Time

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G. (§27.24) Credit for Jail Time

A defendant’s sentence of imprisonment begins when the defendant is received into the Department of Corrections or other ordered place of confinement. If the defendant has been confined in a jail, a prison, or other custody during the period after the offense occurred and before the defendant’s sentence of imprisonment begins, the defendant is usually entitled to a credit for the time of the confinement if it was related to the offense the defendant will be starting the sentence of imprisonment for. Section 558.031.1, RSMo 2000. There are restrictions or limitations on the credit for the confined time. “Such credit shall be applied only once when sentences are consecutive.” Section 558.031.1(1). The credit will only be applied if the defendant was in custody in the state of Missouri (unless the custody was compelled exclusively by a Missouri order). Section 558.031.1(2). Further, the sentencing court may, in its discretion, give the defendant credit toward the sentence for any period of probation or parole. See §§ 559.100.2 and 559.036.3, RSMo 2000.

Other restrictions or limitations apply when a defendant escapes...