HB51 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Sentencing standards, to provide for resentencing of certain individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses, procedure for resentencing, Sec. 12-25-34.3 added.

Description

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.

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Subjects

Sentencing