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Sentencing panel adopts clarifying statutory language and two juvenile option B changes, delays others
Summary
At its Jan. 9 meeting the Sentencing Guideline Commission approved clarifying language about 'class A' references and broadened eligibility for unlawful firearm possession under juvenile option B; it agreed to allow multiple option B disposals contingent on judicial parameters to be developed at a later meeting, and deferred a final decision on expanding option B for assault‑2 and robbery‑1.
The Sentencing Guideline Commission on Jan. 9 adopted changes to juvenile sentencing recommendations from its juvenile committee while deferring several more complex items.
Vice Chair Ty Menzer, acting as chair, opened the meeting and staff presented five juvenile committee proposals involving the option B suspended‑disposition alternative. The commission voted to: adopt clarifying statutory language about references to "class A" in juvenile dispositions, and to make unlawful possession of a firearm eligible for option B; it also approved a motion to allow multiple option B disposals subject to parameters for judicial consideration to be developed later. The commission did not adopt an expansion to make assault‑2 and robbery‑1 categorically eligible and signaled more work was needed on those proposals.
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