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Tennessee Pretrial Jail Credit Mandatory, Not Waivable

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2005 published in Prison Legal News October, 2005, page 37
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Sentencing. Location: Tennessee.
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a defendant's convictions, holding that the trial court should not have accepted [his] plea agreement waiving pretrial Jail credit and that the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas.
On May 10, 2002, Richard Filauro pled guilty ...

 

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