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House Study Bill 78

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 901.8, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    901.8  CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES.
  1  4    If a person is sentenced for two or more separate offenses,
  1  5 the sentencing judge may order the second or further sentence
  1  6 to begin at the expiration of the first or succeeding
  1  7 sentence.  If a person is sentenced for escape under section
  1  8 719.4 or for a crime committed while confined in a detention
  1  9 facility or penal institution, the sentencing judge shall
  1 10 order the sentence to shall begin at the expiration of and
  1 11 shall run consecutively to any existing sentence.  If the
  1 12 person is presently in the custody of the director of the Iowa
  1 13 department of corrections, the sentence shall be served at the
  1 14 facility or institution in which the person is already
  1 15 confined unless the person is transferred by the director.  If
  1 16 consecutive sentences are required under this section or are
  1 17 specified in the order of commitment, the several terms shall
  1 18 be construed as one continuous term of imprisonment.  
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill provides that sentences for escape or for crimes
  1 21 committed while a person is confined in a detention facility
  1 22 or a penal institution are automatically consecutive to any
  1 23 existing sentence.  Currently, consecutive sentences are
  1 24 required for those offenses, but a court order must be entered
  1 25 in order for the sentences to run consecutively.  
  1 26 LSB 1294DP 77
  1 27 lh/jw/5
     
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