Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 114

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 301

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 43, PART II, TITLE 11, OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PRE-SENTENCE INVESTIGATION AFTER CONVICTION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Amend §4331, Chapter 43, Part II, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by striking the period (.) at the end of subsection (a), and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"; provided, however, that if the court orders such investigation for an offender convicted of murder, rape, or the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a narcotic drug, the offender shall immediately be remanded to the Delaware Correctional Center during the time such investigation is being conducted. All time spent by the offender in custody prior to completion of the pre-sentence investigation and all other sentencing procedures shall be credited against the amount of time which the offender is sentenced to serve."

Approved June 23, 1975