Revisión de condenas y procedimientos durante la libertad condicional

Explicación Simple

Si alguien está en prisión y tiene una audiencia programada, el tribunal puede posponerla hasta que salga. Además, si comete un delito mientras está en libertad condicional, se revisará su historial delictivo para asegurarse de que esté correcto.

Es como cuando un jugador de fútbol se lesiona y no puede jugar en el partido. El entrenador decide esperar hasta que esté recuperado para permitirle jugar de nuevo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue condenado por un delito y está en prisión. Tiene una audiencia programada, pero el juez decide esperar a que salga de prisión para que pueda asistir. Una vez libre, su oficial de libertad condicional verifica su historial y asegura que todos los datos estén correctos antes de seguir con el proceso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

If the court determines that a defendant would be incarcerated on the date of any hearing scheduled pursuant to this subsection, the court may remove the case from the docket, reschedule such hearing to a date after the defendant's release from incarceration, and provide notice of the hearing to the defendant and the attorney for the Commonwealth. If the defendant who is on probation that includes a period of active supervision is incarcerated, the probation agency supervising the defendant shall notify the court when the defendant has been released from incarceration. 6. No provision of this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the court from exercising any authority otherwise granted by law over a defendant during any period of probation ordered by the court. 7. At every hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision 1 where the defendant was convicted of an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390 , if the court has not previously verified that the conviction for such offense appears on the criminal history record of the defendant, the court shall review the criminal history record of the defendant and determine whether the present conviction appears on that record. The probation officer for the defendant shall provide the criminal history record to the court at such hearing. If the present conviction does not appear on the criminal history record, the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of the defendant be taken by a law-enforcement officer and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. If fingerprints and a photograph have previously been taken for such conviction, the probation officer shall provide written or electronic notification to the Central Criminal Records