Mandatory Reports

The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission fulfills five statutory reporting requirements, which include identifying and explaining all Sentencing Guidelines modifications made during the preceding twelve months; and to identify, explain, and submit to the Legislature any modifications proposed to take effect.

 

In addition to its mandated reporting on changes to the Sentencing Guidelines—both past and proposed—the Legislature requires MSGC annually to report summaries of certain sentencing-related data received from other entities; specifically:

 

• County attorney reports on certain criminal cases involving a firearm (below); 

• Court reports on outcomes of deferred sentences for military veterans (p. 43); and 

• Court reports on prosecutor-initiated sentence adjustments that were granted by the court (p. 45). 

 

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS STATUTES:

Minn. Stat. §§ 244.09, subds. 11, 14 & 15, & 609.1056, subd. 3a(c); see also §§ 609.11, subd. 10, & 609.133, subd. 7(d).