Tennessee Statutes
§ 33-7-102 — Credit toward sentence - Release
Tennessee·Title 33
(a)Whenever a person is hospitalized or receives evaluation or treatment services under this chapter in connection with a criminal charge or conviction, wherever incarcerated, the person shall receive credit toward the satisfaction of the sentence for the time spent in the custody of the commissioner.
(b)When a person has been transferred from the department of correction to the custody of the commissioner, the person shall be released from the custody of the commissioner at the expiration of the sentence unless a judicial hospitalization order has been entered with respect to the person.
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Legislative History
Acts 1974, ch. 464, § 1; 1976, ch. 763, § 8; T.C.A., § 33-713; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1.
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§ 33-1-101
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Statement of values underlying title§ 33-1-203
Principles of service§ 33-1-204
Unnecessary entitlements not created§ 33-1-303
Powers of commissioner§ 33-1-304
Duties of commissioner§ 33-1-308
Interagency agreements§ 33-1-309
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