SENTENCING; JUVENILES - DELINQUENCY; COURTS - JUVENILE;
January 31, 2003 |
2003-R-0170 | |
SENTENCES IMPOSED BY SUPERIOR COURT ON JUVENILES TRANSFERRED FROM JUVENILE COURT | ||
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By: Sandra Norman-Eady, Chief Attorney | ||
You asked for a follow-up to OLR Report 2003-R-0078, Juveniles Transferred to Adult Court. You want to know the sentences the transferred juveniles received from the Superior Court.
In OLR Report 2003-R-0078, we reported that the Superior Court imposed a sentence of incarceration in 21 of the 110 juveniles cases transferred from juvenile to adult court during FY 2001-2002. The court (1) imposed a split sentence of incarceration and probation in 14 of the 21 cases, (2) imposed a straight sentence of incarceration in six, and (3) revoked probation once and, we assume, sentenced the offender to a period of incarceration.
We asked the Judicial Department for the sentence data to match the disposition data they provided for OLR Report 2003-R-0078. For FY 2001-2002, the sentence data shows 25 cases where a period of incarceration was ordered, four cases more than the disposition data shows. The only explanation for the difference is that the information came from two different sources, according to Stephen Ment, Judicial Department Division of External Affairs.
The incarceration sentences imposed in the transferred cases ranged from six months for first-degree assault to 30 years for murder. Table 1 shows the sentence lengths by days and years, the crime committed, and the number of cases for which the sentence was imposed.
TABLE 1: SENTENCE LENGTHS, CRIMES AND NUMBER OF CASES for FY 2001-2002
Sentence Lengths |
Crimes |
Cases |
Six months |
First-degree assault |
1 |
240 days (about eight months) |
First-degree arson |
1 |
270 days (about nine months) |
First-degree sexual assault |
1 |
One year |
Possession of sawed-off shotgun, risk of injury, second-degree criminal mischief, and first-degree reckless endangerment |
4 |
One year, six months |
Assault of public safety or emergency medical personnel |
3 |
One year, nine months |
First-degree arson |
1 |
Two years |
Assault of public safety or emergency medical personnel (4), first-degree sexual assault, first-degree robbery (2), second-degree robbery, |
8 |
Three years |
First-degree robbery and first-degree unlawful restraint |
2 |
Four years |
First-degree sexual assault and first-degree robbery |
2 |
Five years |
First-degree robbery |
1 |
30 years |
Murder |
1 |
TOTAL |
25 |
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