HB51 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, an individual who was convicted of a nonviolent crime prior to October 1, 2013, was sentenced pursuant to the statutory sentencing range or the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

This bill would provide that individuals currently incarcerated who committed nonviolent offenses and who were sentenced pursuant to the statutory sentencing range or the Habitual Felony Offender Act prior to October 1, 2013, may be eligible to be resentenced pursuant to the presumptive or voluntary sentencing standards currently in effect.

Relating to sentencing standards; to add Section 12-25-34.3 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for resentencing of certain individuals under certain circumstances.