Minnesota § 609.2232 - CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY INMATES
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 609.2232 — CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY INMATES, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 609.2232. CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY INMATES
(a) If an inmate of a state correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.2231, or 609.224, while confined in the facility, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to any unexpired portion of the offender's earlier sentence. The inmate is not entitled to credit against the sentence imposed for the assault for time served in confinement for the earlier sentence. The inmate shall serve the sentence for the assault in a state correctional facility even if the assault conviction was for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor.
(b) If an inmate of a county jail, county regional jail, county work farm, county workhouse, or other local correctional facility is convicted of violating section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, or 609.2231 while confined in the facility and the victim is a county sheriff or sheriff's deputy, the court must not stay adjudication or imposition of the sentence and the inmate must be sentenced as follows:
(1) if the inmate was serving an executed sentence at the time of the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to that sentence;
(2) if the court imposes an executed sentence for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when the person committed the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed and run consecutively to that sentence; and
(3) if the inmate was serving a probationary sentence or the court imposes a stayed sentence for any crime or offense for which the person was in custody when the person committed the assault, the sentence imposed for the assault shall be executed.
History:
1997 c 239 art 9 s 37; 2025 c 35 art 4 s 8
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 609.2232 ("CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES FOR ASSAULTS COMMITTED BY INMATES") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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