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HB 1059 Heroin possession; Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to evaluate sentencing guidelines.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; heroin. Directs the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to evaluate judge-sentencing and jury-sentencing patterns and practices in cases of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute heroin across the Commonwealth and recommend adjustments in the sentencing guidelines previously adopted by the Commission.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; heroin. Directs the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to study the sentencing guidelines for heroin possession.