154.00.03 Ark. Code R. § 001 2003 Changes to the Sentencing Standards Grid and Seriousness Reference Table
| Library | Arkansas Administrative Code |
| Edition | 2023 |
| Currency | Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, December, 2023 |
| Citation | 154.00.03 Ark. Code R. § 001 |
| Year | 2023 |
ARKANSAS SENTENCING STANDARDS GRID Effective Date - January 1, 1994, for Crimes Committed January 1, 1994 and thereafter
Criminal History Score
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Offense Seriousness
0
1
2
3
4
5 +
10**
PEN
360
PEN
384
PEN 432
PEN
528
PEN
660
PEN
780
9**
PEN 240
PEN
312
PEN
396
PEN
480
PEN
600
PEN
720
8**
PEN
120
PEN
168
PEN 264
PEN
360
PEN 432
PEN
600
7
PEN 42 RCF*
AS
PEN 54 RCF*
AS
PEN 84 RCF*
AS
PEN
120
PEN
160
PEN
300
6
PEN 24 RCF*
AS
PEN 42 RCF*
AS
PEN 66 RCF*
AS
PEN 108 RCF*
AS
PEN
156
PEN 240
5
RCF*
AS
PEN 36 RCF*
AS
PEN 54 RCF*
AS
PEN 72 RCF*
AS
PEN 120
PEN 180
4
RCF*
AS
PEN 18 RCF*
AS
PEN 30 RCF*
AS
PEN 54 RCF*
AS
PEN 72 RCF*
AS
PEN 96
3
RCF*
AS
RCF*
AS
PEN 18 RCF*
AS
PEN 30 RCF*
AS
PEN 42 RCF*
AS
PEN 60 RCF*
AS
2
RCF*
AS
RCF*
AS
RCF*
AS
PEN 18 RCF*
AS
PEN 24 RCF*
AS
PEN 42 RCF*
AS
1
AS
AS
AS
PEN 9 RCF*
AS
PEN 24 RCF*
AS
PEN 30 RCF*
AS
ALL SENTENCE DURATIONS ARE SHOWN IN MONTHS COMMITTED TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
PEN = Penitentiary Only RCF = Regional Correctional Facility AS = Alternative Sanctions
(See Attached Definitions) (Please note: mitigated departure reports are not necessary when RCF and AS are available - shaded area on the grid.)
RCF* See Regional Correctional Facility Policy Statement
--------- = Transfer Eligibility Line - Eligibility on sentences above the line is ½ of the sentence minus good time; eligibility on sentences below the line is 1/3 of the sentence minus good time. **Check applicability of Act 1326 of 1995 for release eligibility of crimes at these levels. 'See Act 1135 of 1997.
ARKANSAS SENTENCING STANDARDS GRID POLICY STATEMENTS
Only defendants who have been found guilty of a "targeted" crime are eligible to be sentenced to a Regional
Current law provides a minimum of one (1) year of community service as the only alternative sanction available for DWI (felony). Incarceration sentences must be a minimum of a one (1) year (12 months) commitment to the Arkansas Department of Correction. No departure form is required.
The Commission recognizes that the presumptive sentences recommended in some cells of the grid may fall below the minimum sentence to imprisonment for the classification of an offense, (Pursuant to A.C.A. 5-4-104 ). A court may sentence a defendant to a term of imprisonment and suspend imposition of sentence as to an additional term of imprisonment up to or over the minimum sentence.
Definitions
PEN - Commitment to the Arkansas Department of Correction .
AS - Alternative Sanctions - includes (1) probation, both supervised and unsupervised; (2) suspended imposition of sentence; (3) work on service programs coupled with or without (1) or (2) above; (4) local jail time up to the maximum authorized by law as a condition of (1) or (2) above; (5) Community Correction programs as defined and provided by the Board of Corrections or by local courts as conditions of (1) or (2) above.
+ Target offense *Possible target offense
Target designations are made to be helpful - refer to Acts 531 of 1993 and 577 of 1995 for legal definitions.
#Serve 70% - see Act 1326 of 1995 ##Manufacturing methamphetamine will serve 70% See Act 1135 of 1997
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