What happens if a defendants case is affirmed and the defendant exhausts all avenues of appeal?
If the defendant has not been released on bond, the calendar time that the defendant has been incarcerated awaiting the disposition of the appeal will be used in determining his release date from the penitentiary whether by parole or mandatory release in the instance of a felony, or from jail in the instance of a misdemeanor. If the defendant has been on bail during the appeals process, his bondsman will be contacted and requested to instruct the defendant to surrender to law enforcement authorities so that the directives of the judgment of conviction may be carried out.
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