HB227 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Crimes and offenses, provide that a judge may use discretion in the length of sentence a defendant must serve if his or her probation is revoked, Secs. 12-25-34, 12-25-34.2, 12-25-36, 15-18-8 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a judge may sentence a defendant convicted for a criminal offense to a split sentence under certain circumstances.

Under existing law, a defendant sentenced to a split sentence is required to serve the remainder of the original sentence if his or her probation is revoked.

This bill would provide that a judge may use his or her discretion in determining the length of sentence a defendant must serve if his or her probation is revoked.

This bill would also revise the implementation date for truth-in-sentencing.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses