§ 12-25-36 — Sentencing Under the Voluntary Truth-in-Sentencing Standards

Alabama § 12-25-36

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 12: Courts
• Ch. 25: Alabama Sentencing Commission
• Art. 2: Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003

Text

This section and Sections 12-25-37 and 12-25-38 shall apply only after development and legislative approval of the proposed truth-in-sentencing standards submitted in 2020. When a judge sentences based on the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards, all of the following rules shall apply:
(1) Sentences imposed based on voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards pursuant to this article shall not be subject to any other provision of law concerning the duration of sentence.
(2) Sentences imposed based on the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards shall include both a minimum and an extended term of sentence including a period of post-release supervision. The minimum sentence and the extended sentence shall be specified in the judgment of the court for those sentences that are imposed in compliance with the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards. Sentence dispositions may include active incarceration, intermediate punishment, unsupervised probation, or a minimum punishment as specified in the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards.
(3) The minimum term of sentence shall be consistent with the sentence range recommended in the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards for the worksheet score of an offender. No offender sentenced to incarceration may be released from incarceration before the expiration date of the minimum term of sentence.
(4) The extended term of sentence shall be a period of time equal to 120 percent of the minimum term, rounded to the next highest month, plus a one-year period of post-release supervision.
(5) The amount of time an offender shall be incarcerated on the extended term of sentence shall be determined by the Department of Corrections pursuant to rules and regulations established by the Department of Corrections governing an offender’s conduct after conviction and sentence.
(6) No sentence of active incarceration may be suspended.
(7) For any disposition of sentence less than active incarceration as defined in paragraph a. of subdivision (2) of Section 12-25-32, the court shall retain jurisdiction to modify sentence disposition of sentence.

Legislative History

(Act 2003-354, p. 948, §7; Act 2009-742, p. 2220, §1; Act 2012-473, p. 1304, §1.)