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Commission on Sentencing explains eighth-edition Prior Record Score determination
Summary
A Commission on Sentencing presenter outlined how the eighth-edition Prior Record Score is determined: identify the most serious prior offense group (POG) and count priors in that group to assign a category from 0 to 4.
A presenter for the Commission on Sentencing outlined the method for determining a person’s Prior Record Score under the commission’s eighth-edition guidelines, saying the process focuses on the most serious prior offense group and the number of prior offenses within that group.
The presenter said the first step is to review the person’s entire criminal history and remove any priors that will lapse under the policies. After that, staff must “identify the most serious adjudications…
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