2011 Vermont Code
Title 13 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 221 JUDGMENT, SENTENCE, AND EXECUTION
§ 7044 Sentence calculation; notice to defendant
§ 7044. Sentence calculation; notice to defendant
(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 which 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.)