HB2599 - Tennessee - Criminal Procedure

Companion Bill SB2584. Criminal Procedure - Provides that a person who commits an offense on probation or community correction may be required to serve the sentence consecutively to the original sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for HB2599 / *SB2584Increase State Expenditures - $6,900/Incarceration* Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for HB2599 / *SB2584 Under present law, if a defendant is convicted of more than one criminal offense, then the court must order the sentences to run either consecutively or concurrently based on certain criteria. The court may order sentences to run consecutively if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is sentenced for an offense committed while on probation. Under this bill, the court may order consecutive sentences if [...]

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