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The Maryland General Assembly has charged the commission to "adopt existing sentencing guidelines for sentencing within the limits established by law which shall be considered by the sentencing court in determining the appropriate sentence for defendants who plead guilty or nolo contendere to, or who were found guilty of crimes in a circuit court."
The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.
The latest edition supported by this template is the 2012 Guidelines Manual, effective as of November 1, 2012. Optionally, the year of a previous edition may be specified instead, when one wants to cite the Sentencing Guidelines that were in effect on a given date.
The judge noted that the lasting impact of Pearson’s crimes would make “any deviation below the [sentencing] guidelines is inappropriate.” ...
A Washington County jury, on Friday, found Brian Hanford Murphy, of Frederick County, Md., guilty of sexually abusing a girl at least 16 years ago. ... Murphy's sentencing will occur later.
Jan. 13—The 11-member Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission voted unanimously Thursday to postpone a vote on whether to do away with a half point in the guidelines that could affect the ...
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