Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Attorney
The Purpose & Principles of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
Jesse Hall is a criminal defense attorney in Minnesota who knows and understands the sentencing guidelines. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines were put into place for the purpose of establishing rational and consistent standards for sentencing. Specifically, with these Sentencing Guidelines, the goal is to (1) reduce the disparities that may take place if the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines were absent and (2) ensure that all state-mandated sanctions resulting from a particular felony conviction are categorically proportional to both the severity of a specific offense as well as the offenders’ criminal history.
At its core, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines seek to promote equity among those people who are convicted of felony offenses in the State of Minnesota. To support this equity, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines require (1) convicted felony offenders who meet similar sentencing criteria to be sentenced with similar sanctions, and (2) convicted felony offenders who are substantially different when evaluated with the same sentencing criteria to be sentenced with different sanctions.
There are four (4) principles embodying the meaning of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines:
- Sentencing should be neutral with respect to the race, gender, social, or economic status of convicted felons.
- While prison is the most severe sanction following a conviction of a felony, it is not the only significant sanction available to the sentencing judge. Development of rational and consistent sentencing policy requires that the severity of sanctions increase in direct proportion to increases in the severity of criminal offenses and the severity of criminal histories of convicted felons.
- Because the capacities of state and local correctional facilities are finite, use of incarcerative sanctions should be limited to those convicted of more serious offenses or those who have longer criminal histories. To ensure such usage of finite resources, sanctions used in sentencing convicted felons should be the least restrictive necessary to achieve the purposes of the sentence.
- While the sentencing guidelines are advisory to the sentencing judge, departures from the presumptive sentences established in the guidelines should be made only when substantial and compelling circumstances exist.
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These four principals form the basis for the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines. These four principles must, if they are to have any positive and lasting effect, inform and direct judges as they sentence the citizens of Minnesota who are convicted of a felony. And it is these principles that form and support the foundation of equitable sentencing as it effects the people within the communities across our state. Without the principles, or without adherence to them, the government is in grave danger of allowing bias and prejudice to effect its treatment of citizen offenders – a danger that no doubt exists plenty even with the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines in place.
Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney at Twin Cities Law Firm, LLC
As a criminal defense attorney at Twin Cities Law Firm, LLC, Jesse Hall has the experienced necessary to fully defend you and your legal rights in court and at trial. Jesse Hall is a criminal defense lawyer with experience in all kinds of felonies, gross misdemeanors, misdemeanors, and petty misdemeanors. Jesse Hall handles administrative hearings (such as forfeiture of property in drug cases or loss of one’s drivers license days after a DWI arrest), and he will fight for your right not to be taken advantage of by the government and policing agencies.
CONTACT CRIMNAL DFENSE ATTORNEY JESSE HALL TODAY. You can arrange a NO OBLIGATION consultation with him immediately. Time may be working against you, so it is very important in every criminal case or investigation that you contact legal counsel right away. Attorney Jesse Hall takes steps to not only defend you and your case as it progresses to be ready at trial and to obtain a “not guilty” verdict, but he also takes the steps necessary upfront to put you in the best position to force the government into favorable dispositions – including having your case and charges dismissed completely.
Published on January 28th, 2010 | Filed under this Minnesota lawyer topic: Uncategorized
Disclaimer: Please read the Terms of Use. This website is advertising, not legal advice. As a lawyer in Minnesota, Aaron Hall and lawyers in his firm are licensed to provide legal services throughout Minnesota (MN), including those in Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Scott County, Washington County, Isanti County, and Wright County. The attorneys' service area includes these Minnesota cities: Albert Lea, Albertville, Andover, Anoka, Apple Valley, Arden Hills, Belle Plaine, Big Lake, Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Carver, Castle Rock, Champlin, Chanhassen, Chaska, Circle Pines, Cloquet, Columbia Heights, Concoran, Coon Rapids, Cottage Grove, Crystal, Dayton, Delano, Duluth, Eagan, East Bethel, Eden Prairie, Edina, Elk River, Elko New Market, Excelsior, Falcon Heights, Faribault, Farmington, Forest Lake, Fridley, Glencoe, Golden Valley, Ham Lake, Hamel, Hanover, Hastings, Hibbing, Hopkins, Hugo, Inver Grove Heights, Isanti, Jordan, Lake Elmo, Lakeville, Lilydale, Linden Hills, Lino Lakes, Little Canada, Long Lake, Loretto, Mahtomedi, Mankato, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, Maplewood, Medina, Mendota Heights, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Monticello, Moorhead, Mound, Mounds View, Moundsview, New Brighton, New Hope, New Port, New Prague, New Ulm, Newport, North Branch, North St. Paul, Northfield, Oak Grove, Oak Park Heights, Oakdale, Orono, Osseo, Otsego, Owatonna, Plymouth, Prior Lake, Ramsey, Red Wing, Richfield, Robbinsdale, Rochester, Rockford, Rogers, Rosemount, Roseville, Savage, Shakopee, Shoreview, Shorewood, South St. Paul, Spring Lake Park, Spring Park, St. Anthony, St. Bonifacius, St. Cloud, St. Francis, St. Louis Park, St. Michael, St. Paul, St. Paul Park, St. Peter, Stillwater, Twin Cities, Vadnais Heights, Victoria, Waconia, Watertown, Wayzata, West St. Paul, White Bear Lake, Willmar, Winona, Woodbury, and Wyoming, Minnesota (MN).
