SENTENCING FOR DEFENDANTS UNDER 18

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2023
Bill #: HB1265
Category: Courts
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, except for certain convictions for first degree murder, the court may, in its discretion, sentence a defendant who was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense to a sentence that is less than the applicable minimum determinate sentence of imprisonment for the offense authorized by the Code.



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