903A.7 Separate sentences.

Consecutive multiple sentences that are within the same category under section 903A.2 shall be construed as one continuous sentence for purposes of calculating reductions of sentence for good time. If a person is sentenced to serve sentences of both categories, category "B" sentences shall be served before category "A" sentences are served, and good time earned against the category "B" sentences shall not be used to reduce the category "A" sentences. If an inmate serving a category "A" sentence is sentenced to serve a category "B" sentence, the category "A" sentence shall be interrupted, and no further good time shall accrue against that sentence until the category "B" sentence is completed.

Section History: Recent form

83 Acts, ch 147, § 8, 14; 97 Acts, ch 131, § 3, 4

Internal References

Referred to in § 822.2, 901.8

Footnotes

1997 amendment striking and rewriting section applies retroactively to computation of reductions in criminal sentences for good behavior for persons sentenced to category "B" sentences on or after July 1, 1996; 97 Acts, ch 131, § 4


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