HB540 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, the initial voluntary sentencing standards were adopted by the Alabama Sentencing Commission and approved by the Legislature and became effective on October 1, 2006

This bill would approve the initial voluntary sentencing standards and the accompanying instructions and worksheets as modified and adopted by the Sentencing Commission on November 6, 2009, and as filed with the Clerk of the Alabama Supreme Court, Secretary of the Alabama Senate, and Clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives

This bill would also require that the worksheets used to determine sentencing recommendations in each case be made a part of the record for each case in which the use of the standards has been considered

Relating to criminal sentencing; to add Section 12-25-34.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to approve modifications to the initial voluntary sentencing standards, worksheets, and instructions adopted by the Alabama Sentencing Commission; and to require that sentencing standards worksheets used to determine sentencing recommendations in each case be made a part of the record for each case in which the use of the standards has been considered.