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Sentencing Guide  
   
Massachusetts Sentencing Guidelines  

 

 

  Massachusetts Sentencing Commission
  The Honorable Robert A. Mulligan, Chairman
  February, 1998

 

 

 

Massachusetts Sentencing Commission
Three Center Plaza, Suite 700
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Telephone (617) 788-6867
FAX 9617) 788-6885
Executive Director
Francis J. Carney, Jr.

 

Table of Contents  
   
Introduction  
   
STEP 1 Determining offense seriousness level.
STEP 2 Determining criminal history category.
STEP 3 Locating appropriate guideline grid cell.
STEP 4 Imposing incarceration sentence.
STEP 5 Imposing non-incarcerative sentence.
STEP 6 Departing from sentencing guidelines.
STEP 7 Mandatory minimum sentences of incarceration.
STEP 8 Determining nature of sentence.
STEP 9 Recording a sentence.
STEP 10 Appealing a sentence.
   
   
Attachment A Level of injury scale
Attachment B Mini-master crime list
Attachment C Sentence length chart
Attachment D Mitigating/Aggravating circumstances
Attachment E Mandatory offenses
   
  Guideline Sentence Form (Available in PDF - 138K)
  Criminal History Groups
  Sentencing Guidelines Grid
   

 

 

 

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