Minnesota § 152.152 - STAYED SENTENCE LIMITED

Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 152.152 — STAYED SENTENCE LIMITED, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 152.152. STAYED SENTENCE LIMITED

If a person is convicted under section 152.021, 152.022, 152.023, or 152.0262, and the Sentencing Guidelines grid calls for a presumptive prison sentence for the offense, the court may stay imposition or execution of the sentence only as provided in this section. The sentence may be stayed based on amenability to probation only if the offender presents adequate evidence to the court that the offender has been accepted by, and can respond to, a treatment program that has been approved by the commissioner of human services. The court may impose a sentence that is a mitigated dispositional departure on any other ground only if the court includes as a condition of probation incarceration in a local jail or workhouse.

History:

1989 c 290 art 3 s 20; 2005 c 136 art 7 s 21

Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes

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Section 152.152 ("STAYED SENTENCE LIMITED") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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