77-27-5.3. Meritless and bad faith litigation.
(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Convicted" means a conviction by entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, guilty
and mentally ill, no contest, and conviction of any crime or offense.
(b) "Prisoner" means a person who has been convicted of a crime and is incarcerated for
that crime or is being held in custody for trial or sentencing.
(2) In any case filed in state or federal court in which a prisoner submits a claim that the
court finds to be without merit and brought or asserted in bad faith, the Board of Pardons and
Parole and any county jail administrator may consider that finding in any early release decisions
concerning the prisoner.
Enacted by Chapter 161, 1996 General Session
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