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Subdivision 1.Scope.
For purposes of sections 244.01 to 244.11, the following terms shall have the meanings given them.
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Subd. 2.Inmate.
"Inmate" means any person who is convicted of a felony, is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections and is confined in a state correctional facility or released from a state correctional facility pursuant to section 244.065 or 244.07.
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Subd. 3.Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections or a designee.
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Subd. 4.Correctional facility.
"Correctional facility" means any state facility under the operational authority of the commissioner of corrections.
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Subd. 5.Good time.
"Good time" means the period of time by which an inmate's term of imprisonment is reduced pursuant to section 244.04.
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Subd. 6.Commission.
"Commission" means the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission established pursuant to section 244.09.
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Subd. 7.Supervised release.
"Supervised release" means the release of an inmate pursuant to section 244.05.
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Subd. 8.Term of imprisonment.
"Term of imprisonment," as applied to inmates whose crimes were committed before August 1, 1993, is the period of time for which an inmate is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections minus earned good time. "Term of imprisonment," as applied to inmates whose crimes were committed on or after August 1, 1993, is the period of time equal to two-thirds of the inmate's executed sentence.
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Subd. 9.Executed sentence.
"Executed sentence" means the total period of time for which an inmate is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
27
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1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case:
State v. Leathers, 799 N.W.2d 606 (Minn. 2011).
State v. Leathers, 799 N.W.2d 606 (Minn. 2011).
· cites it 27× “” Leathers argues that a term of imprisonment is two-thirds of an executed sentence as defined in Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subd. 8 (2010). Under that definition, the language of the first-degree assault statute would require Leathers to serve two-thirds of his executed sentence in…”
State v. Bluhm, 676 N.W.2d 649 (Minn. 2004).
· cites it 12× “" Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subd. 8 (2002). "`Executed sentence' means the total period of time for which an inmate is committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections.”
State v. Wukawitz, 662 N.W.2d 517 (Minn. 2003).
· cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subds. 5, 8 (1998). The mandatory conditional release term was not discussed during the plea negotiations nor at the plea or sentencing hearings.”
State v. Allen, 706 N.W.2d 40 (Minn. 2005).
· cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. §§ 244.01, subd. 8; 244.05, subd.”
Johnson v. State, 820 N.W.2d 24 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 25× “In support, appellant refers to the definition of “correctional facility” in Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subd. 4 (2006): “any state facility under the operational authority of the commissioner of corrections.”
State v. Schwartz, 628 N.W.2d 134 (Minn. 2001).
· cites it 3× “Minn.Stat. §§ 244.01, subd. 8, 244.05, subd.”
State v. Ward, 847 N.W.2d 29 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 6× “” Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subd. 9 (1994). 1 Respondent’s executed sentence was 34 months.”
Johnson v. State, 641 N.W.2d 912 (Minn. 2002).
· cites it 2× “But if sentenced under count two, he would be eligible for release after serving two-thirds of the sentence under Minn.Stat. §§ 244.01, subd. 8 (2000), and 244.”
State v. Bluhm, 663 N.W.2d 24 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 6× “Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subd. 8 (2000). 5 Thus, we conclude section 152.”
Eugene Lee Rushton v. State of Minnesota, 889 N.W.2d 561 (Minn. 2017).
· cites it 2× “2 (emphasis added) (quoting Minn. Stat. § 244.01 , subd. 8). But, in cases involving a mandatory life sentence for certain repeat sexual offenders, Minnesota Statutes § 609.”
State Ex Rel. Guth v. Fabian, 716 N.W.2d 23 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 244.01, subd. 5 (2004). Subdivision 1 of section 244.”
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