2007 Minnesota Statutes

244.101 SENTENCING OF FELONY OFFENDERS WHO COMMIT OFFENSES ON
AND AFTER AUGUST 1, 1993.
    Subdivision 1. Executed sentences. When a felony offender is sentenced to a fixed executed
sentence for an offense committed on or after August 1, 1993, the executed sentence consists
of two parts: (1) a specified minimum term of imprisonment that is equal to two-thirds of the
executed sentence; and (2) a specified maximum supervised release term that is equal to one-third
of the executed sentence. The amount of time the inmate actually serves in prison and on
supervised release is subject to the provisions of section 244.05, subdivision 1b.
    Subd. 2. Explanation of sentence. When a court pronounces an executed sentence under
this section, it shall explain: (1) the total length of the executed sentence; (2) the amount of
time the defendant will serve in prison; and (3) the amount of time the defendant will serve on
supervised release, assuming the defendant commits no disciplinary offense in prison that results
in the imposition of a disciplinary confinement period. The court shall also explain that the
amount of time the defendant actually serves in prison may be extended by the commissioner if
the defendant commits any disciplinary offenses in prison and that this extension could result in
the defendant's serving the entire executed sentence in prison. The court's explanation shall be
included in a written summary of the sentence.
    Subd. 3. No right to supervised release. Notwithstanding the court's explanation of the
potential length of a defendant's supervised release term, the court's explanation creates no right
of a defendant to any specific, minimum length of a supervised release term.
    Subd. 4. Application of statutory mandatory minimum sentences. If the defendant
is convicted of any offense for which a statute imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of
imprisonment, the statutory mandatory minimum sentence governs the length of the entire
executed sentence pronounced by the court under this section.
History: 1992 c 571 art 2 s 7; art 9 s 6