(a) Within 30 days after sentencing in all cases where the court imposes a sentence which
includes a period of incarceration to be served, the Commissioner of Corrections shall
provide to the court and the Office of the Defender General a calculation of the potential
shortest and longest lengths of time the defendant may be incarcerated taking into
account the provisions for reductions of term pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 811 based on the sentence or sentences the defendant is serving, and the effect of any
credit for time served as ordered by the court pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7031. The Commissioner’s calculation shall be a public record.
(b) In all cases where the court imposes a sentence that includes a period of incarceration
to be served, the Department of Corrections shall provide the defendant with a copy
and explanation of the sentence calculation made pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section. (Added 1995, No. 50, § 3; amended 2009, No. 58, § 16.)
State v. Sommer, 2011 VT 59 (Vt. 2011). · cites it 7דOn September 3, 2009, before the DOC officially ruled on defendant’s request, defendant filed a motion requesting that the trial court order the DOC to provide the credit he sought or, in the alternative, to reduce the minimum term of his second sentence by thirteen months. The…”
State v. Kimmick, 2007 VT 45 (Vt. 2007). “This conclusion is supported by 13 V.S.A. § 7044, which requires the Commissioner of Corrections to provide the court with a computation of the shortest and longest possible sentences taking into account good-time credit under 28 V.”
State v. Young, 925 A.2d 1016 (Vt. 2007). “” 13 V.S.A. § 7044. Section 7031(b) states that the “court shall give the person credit toward service of his sentence for any days spent in custody in connection with the offense.”
State v. Kimmick, 2007 VT 45 (Vt. 2007). “§ 7044, which requires the Commissioner of Corrections to provide the court with a computation of the shortest and longest possible sentences — taking into account good-time credit under 28 V.S.A § 811 — within thirty days after the sentence is imposed.”
Woods v. Heywood (Vt. Super. Ct. 2025). “13 V.S.A. § 7044. As our Supreme Court has noted, disputes regarding calculations can be appealed to the Commissioner.”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 7044(a) — 1 case
State v. Sommer, 2011 VT 59 (Vt. 2011). “On September 3, 2009, before the DOC officially ruled on defendant’s request, defendant filed a motion requesting that the trial court order the DOC to provide the credit he sought or, in the alternative, to reduce the minimum term of his second sentence by thirteen months. The…”
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