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Florida Statutes Title XLVII. Criminal Procedure and Corrections § 944.70. Conditions for release from incarceration

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1)(a) A person who is convicted of a crime committed on or after October 1, 1983, but before January 1, 1994, may be released from incarceration only:

1. Upon expiration of the person's sentence;

2. Upon expiration of the person's sentence as reduced by accumulated gain-time;

3. As directed by an executive order granting clemency;

4. Upon attaining the provisional release date;

5. Upon placement in a conditional release program pursuant to s. 947.1405; or

6. Upon the granting of control release pursuant to s. 947.146.

(b) A person who is convicted of a crime committed on or after January 1, 1994, may be released from incarceration only:

1. Upon expiration of the person's sentence;

2. Upon expiration of the person's sentence as reduced by accumulated meritorious or incentive gain-time;

3. As directed by an executive order granting clemency;

4. Upon placement in a conditional release program pursuant to s. 947.1405 or a conditional medical release program pursuant to s. 947.149; or

5. Upon the granting of control release, including emergency control release, pursuant to s. 947.146.

(2) A person who is convicted of a crime committed on or after December 1, 1990, and who receives a control release date may not refuse to accept the terms or conditions of control release.

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