§ 12-19.3-1. Legislative purpose. In order that the sentences imposed upon convicted criminals by the courts of this state do justice to the victim, the offender, and the community, a system of sentencing standards is enacted. Those standards are intended to create a sentencing process which will allow for judicial consideration of mitigating and aggravating […]
§ 12-19.3-2. Adoption of presumptive sentences. Each year the justices of the superior court shall by majority vote, and with the approval of the supreme court, adopt as a rule of court presumptive sentences to be imposed upon defendants who have been found guilty after a trial. The rule shall establish a presumptive sentence or […]
§ 12-19.3-3. Procedures for sentencing. In all cases where the defendant has been found guilty after trial of an offense for which a sentencing standard has been established pursuant to § 12-19.3-2, the trial justice shall impose a sentence within the presumptive sentencing range unless he or she finds that substantial and compelling circumstances exist […]
§ 12-19.3-4. Review of sentence. Within twenty (20) days of the imposition of a sentence which is outside the presumptive sentencing range for the offense, the attorney general, if the court imposes a less severe sentence, or the defendant, if the court imposes a more severe sentence, may appeal the sentence to the supreme court […]
