HB38 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to sentencing; to amend Section 12-25-34.2, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a judge to deviate from the presumptive sentencing standards if a defendant is convicted after requesting a trial.

Description

Under existing law, a judge must sentence an offender convicted of a nonviolent offense pursuant to the presumptive sentencing standards.

This bill would allow a judge to deviate from the presumptive sentencing guidelines if a defendant is convicted after requesting a trial.

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Subjects

Crimes and offenses, presumptive sentencing standards, deviations in certain circumstances