Bill Text: IN SB0064 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Sentence modification. Requires a court to advise a defendant, before accepting a guilty plea, that the court will be bound by terms of a plea agreement both at the time of sentencing and with respect to sentence modification. Provides that a court may not, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the sentence of a person sentenced under a plea agreement if the reduction was not authorized by the plea agreement. Provides that the prohibition against including a waiver of the right to sentence modification in a plea agreement does not prohibit finding that a person has waived the
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-13 - Public Law 45 [SB0064 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2018-SB0064-Amended.pdf
Bill Title: Sentence modification. Requires a court to advise a defendant, before accepting a guilty plea, that the court will be bound by terms of a plea agreement both at the time of sentencing and with respect to sentence modification. Provides that a court may not, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney, reduce the sentence of a person sentenced under a plea agreement if the reduction was not authorized by the plea agreement. Provides that the prohibition against including a waiver of the right to sentence modification in a plea agreement does not prohibit finding that a person has waived the
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-13 - Public Law 45 [SB0064 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2018-SB0064-Amended.pdf
