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'Hernandizing' and the single-course exception: SGC trainer walks through when and how priors carry over
Summary
The trainer explained the Hernandez rule (commonly called 'hernandizing'): when multiple offenses are sentenced in the same hearing, earlier imposed sentences are usually carried onto the later offense’s criminal-history worksheet, with narrow exceptions for single-course-of-conduct crimes such as meth involving a child, kidnapping or burglary.
Unidentified Presenter, a trainer with the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, described the Hernandez rule and the related exceptions that determine when multiple sentences should be carried into criminal history.
The presenter defined hernandizing as "just simply the idea that the court is practicing judicial economy," explaining that when two or more offenses are…
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