January 8, 2026, Meeting of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission

Sentencing Guidelines Commission · January 9, 2026

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Call to order and opening

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Chair Mitchell called the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to order and announced the date (01/08/2026) and procedural opening; she asked Director Wright to take the roll.

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The Sentencing Guidelines Commission met Jan. 8, 2026, approved its 2026 report to the legislature with staff authorized to make technical edits and data updates, and discussed 2026 priorities including reranking offense groups, possible domestic-violence-specific handling, addressing application of criminal history within single sentencing events (“hernandizing”), and a proposed reorganization of the guidelines. The meeting included a recognition of Vice Chair Judge Michelle Larkin and a public presentation by incoming commissioner Judge Kayla Eid.

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