Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department of correction shall be responsible for calculating the sentence expiration date and the earliest release date of any felony offender sentenced to the department of correction and any felony offender sentenced to confinement in a county jail or workhouse for one (1) or more years.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-129
Calculation of sentence expiration date and earliest release date
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Shorts v. Bartholomew (2009)
Most recently applied in Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Correction (May 2012)
Acts 1985 (1st Ex
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