Columbia Calculation of terms of confinement; credit for jail time awaiting trial ordinance (§ 16-43)

(a) A person convicted of a Code violation in this city shall receive as credit toward service of a sentence of confinement all time spent by such person in jail because of awaiting trial for such crime. Time required by law to be credited upon some other sentence shall be applied to that sentence alone, except that:

(1) Time spent in jail awaiting trial for an offense because of a detainer for such offense shall be credited toward service of a sentence of confinement for that offense even though the person was confined awaiting trial for some unrelated bailable offense; and

(2) Credit for jail time shall be applied to each sentence if they are concurrent.

(b) The officer required by law to deliver a convicted person to jail shall endorse upon the commitment papers the period of time to be credited as provided in paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) If a sentence of confinement is vacated and a new sentence is imposed on the defendant for the same offense, the new sentence is calculated as if it had commenced at the time the vacated sentence was imposed, and all time served under the vacated sentence shall be credited against the new sentence.

(d) If a person serving a sentence of confinement escapes from custody, the escape interrupts the sentence. The interruption continues until the person is returned to the institution in which the sentence was being served.