Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-6-114c

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 23, June 6, 2024

Section 44-6-114c - Parole eligibility computation

(a) For concurrent and aggregated consecutive terms not involving class A felonies, parole eligibility shall be set at the minimum term less any award for good time credits. The minimum term, less good time credits awarded and retained, shall determine the parole eligibility date for concurrent and aggregated consecutive sentences for crimes committed before July 1, 1993, including sentences pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4618 and amendments thereto, but not including class A felonies.

(b) Concurrent class A felony sentences shall have a fixed parole eligibility date of 15 years, except as follows:

(1) For capital murder offenses committed on or after July 1, 1990 but before July 1, 1994, with a sentence imposed under former K.S.A. 21-4628, a parole eligibility date of 40 years shall be established.

(2) For capital murder offenses committed on or after July 1, 1994, but before July 1, 1999, if a death sentence is not imposed, then under K.S.A. 21-4635 and 21-4638, and amendments thereto, a parole eligibility date of 40 years shall be established.

(3) For capital murder offenses committed on or after July 1, 1999, if a death sentence is not imposed, then under K.S.A. 21-4635 and 21-4638, and amendments thereto, a parole eligibility date of 50 years shall be established.

(c) Parole eligibility for consecutive sentences that include one or more class A felonies shall be determined by the following:

(1) Computing the parole eligibility on the aggregate minimum terms for crimes that are not class A felonies; and

(2) adding an additional 15 years for each class A felony or, in the case of an offender whose class A felony was committed before July 1, 1994, and who was sentenced pursuant to the provisions of former K.S.A. 21-4628, an additional 40 years. A class A felony sentence shall be served first with the 15-year or 40-year parole eligibility period, as appropriate, added to the sentence begins date, to determine the parole eligibility date on the class A felony sentence. An additional 15 or 40 years, as appropriate, shall be added for each additional consecutive class A felony sentence. Good time credits shall not be applied to class A felony sentences. Good time credits shall be applied to non-class A felony sentences only after service of the fixed parole eligibility requirements for the class A felonies.

(d)

(1) Except for a violation of K.S.A. 21-3402(a) and amendments thereto committed on or after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 1999, parole eligibility for off-grid crimes shall be computed as follows:

(A) For off-grid crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, but before July 1, 1994, parole eligibility shall be computed in the same manner as for class A felonies.

(B) For off-grid crimes committed on or after July 1, 1994, but before July 1, 1999, parole eligibility shall be computed in the same manner as for class A felonies except that the fixed parole eligibility date shall be at 15, 25, or 40 years, as specified by the court.

(C) For off-grid crimes committed on or after July 1, 1999, parole eligibility shall be computed in the same manner as for class A felonies except that the fixed parole eligibility date shall be at 20, 25, or 50 years, as specified by the court.

(2) For violations of K.S.A. 21-3402(a) committed on or after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 1999, a fixed parole eligibility date of 10 years shall be established.

(3) Good time credits shall not be applied to that portion of a sentence controlled by a fixed parole eligibility date and shall be applied to sentencing grid crime sentences pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4722 and amendments thereto only after service of the fixed parole eligibility requirements for off-grid crimes.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-6-114c

Authorized by K.S.A. 75-5210, 75-5251; implementing K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-3717, K.S.A. 75-5210, 75-5251; effective Nov. 12, 1990; amended Sept. 30, 1991; amended Sept. 6, 2002.