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Code · Kentucky · Chapter 197 — Penitentiaries

197.041 Credit for period confined on reversal and second conviction.

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If a defendant is confined in the penitentiary during the pendency of an appeal and, on reversal, is again convicted, he shall be given credit for the period so confined in determining his date of eligibility for parole and his date of release by expiration of sentence.
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