2010 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 35 - Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989
Part 2 - Procedure for Imposing Sentence
40-35-216 - First hours served hour for hour.

40-35-216. First hours served hour for hour.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or judgment of conviction to the contrary, the first forty-eight (48) hours of any sentence that a defendant is permitted to serve on non-consecutive days, or in any manner other than continuous confinement or day for day, shall be served hour for hour. This section shall only apply to sentences imposed pursuant to § 55-10-403.

[Acts 1995, ch. 440, § 1.]  

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