Code of Virginia - Title 17.1 Courts Of Record - Chapter 8 Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission

• 17.1-800 Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission created
  There is hereby created within the judicial branch as an agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, hereinafter referred to ...
• 17.1-801 Purpose
  The General Assembly, to ensure the imposition of appropriate and just criminal penalties, and to make the most efficient use of correctional resources, especially for ...
• 17.1-802 Membership; terms; compensation and expenses
  A. The Commission shall be composed of 17 members as follows: 1. Six judges or justices, who may be judges of a circuit court who ...
• 17.1-803 Powers and duties
  The Commission shall: 1. Develop, maintain and modify as may be deemed necessary, a proposed system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in all ...
• 17.1-804 Meetings; staff support
  A. Regular meetings of the Commission shall be held on a quarterly basis and at such other times as the Chairman may determine. Nine members ...
• 17.1-805 Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints
  A. The Commission shall adopt an initial set of discretionary felony sentencing guidelines which shall become effective on January 1, 1995. The initial recommended sentencing ...
• 17.1-806 Sentencing guidelines modifications; effective date
  After adoption of the initial guidelines, any modification to the discretionary sentencing guidelines adopted by the Commission shall be contained in the annual report required ...

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