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Commission approves revised larceny worksheet after reanalysis to reflect prosecution and sentencing practice
Summary
Staff presented a reanalysis of larceny sentencing data, proposed a new worksheet that lists individual VCCs, changes prior-conviction scoring, adds prior larceny counts, and introduces new factors; the commission voted to adopt the proposed larceny guideline revisions.
Staff presented a reanalysis of larceny sentencing and proposed a redesigned larceny worksheet that lists individual Virginia Criminal Code (VCC) offenses as primary offenses, changes how remaining counts and prior convictions are scored, and adds new factors intended to better reflect sentencing practice.
Mike Massengill and staff said the larceny sample was larger than fraud, so fewer offenses were dropped for insufficient data. Notable changes include: listing each VCC separately rather than grouped primary-offense…
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