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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 907.3B SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE 1 2 FELONY OFFENDERS. 1 3 Notwithstanding section 907.3 or any other provision of the 1 4 Code to the contrary, the court may suspend the sentence of a 1 5 defendant, if all of the following apply: 1 6 1. The defendant was convicted of a felony other than a 1 7 class "A" felony. 1 8 2. The court finds that the community is sufficiently 1 9 protected from further offenses by the defendant. 1 10 3. The defendant is the custodial parent or guardian of a 1 11 minor child and the court finds that it would be in the 1 12 child's best interest to not confine the defendant in a 1 13 department of corrections institution. 1 14 4. The court finds there are appropriate treatment 1 15 programs accessible to the defendant and the child. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill permits the court, under certain circumstances, 1 18 to suspend a sentence of a defendant who has been convicted of 1 19 a felony other than a class "A" felony. 1 20 The bill provides that a court may suspend the sentence of 1 21 any defendant even if the defendant would not otherwise be 1 22 eligible for a suspended sentence, if all of the following 1 23 apply: the defendant was convicted of a felony other than a 1 24 class "A" felony, the community is sufficiently protected from 1 25 further offenses by the defendant, the defendant is the 1 26 custodial parent or guardian of a minor child and it would be 1 27 in the child's best interest to not confine the defendant in a 1 28 department of corrections institution, and there are 1 29 appropriate treatment programs accessible to the defendant and 1 30 the child. 1 31 LSB 6028SS 78 1 32 jm/cls/14
Text: SF02222 Text: SF02224 Text: SF02200 - SF02299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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