Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 23. PROBATION, PAROLE, AND CLEMENCY

Part 2. Granting of Parole

Initial Parole Hearing

46-23-202. Initial parole hearing. Within the 2 months prior to a prisoner's official parole eligibility date or as soon after that date as possible, the department shall make the prisoner available for a hearing before a hearing panel. The hearing panel shall consider the prisoner's score under the parole guidelines and other case-specific and pertinent information regarding the prisoner, including the criteria in 46-23-208.

History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 153, L. 1955; Sec. 94-9832, R.C.M. 1947; redes. 95-3214 by Sec. 29, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 86, Ch. 120, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 312, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 60, Ch. 184, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 340, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 580, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 95-3214(3); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 579, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 125, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 372, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 450, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 425, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 559, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 102, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 198, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 392, L. 2017.