Nonviolent Misdemeanor Sentencing Review Committee

Report delivered January 2012

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

11-1, 2, 3, 4

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Introductions and Election of Chair

10:15 AM

Overview of Charge

• Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

10:30 AM

Report from Commissioner of Corrections

• Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
  

10:45 AM

Alternatives to Incarceration

Court diversion, criminal fines, probation, work crew furlough, deferred sentences

• Hon. Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Court System
  
• Willa Farrell, Court Diversion Director, Attorney General's Office
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Driving with License Suspended

Discussion

• Tom McCormick, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Motor Vehicles
  
• James Mongeon, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys, Sheriffs & Special Investigators
  
• Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
  
• Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office
  

1:45 PM

Violation of Conditions

Discussion

• James Mongeon, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys, Sheriffs & Special Investigators
  
• Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
  
• Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office
  

2:30 PM

Violation of Probation

Discussion

• James Mongeon, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys, Sheriffs & Special Investigators
  
• Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
  
• Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office
  

3:15 PM

Committee Discussion and Planning

4:00 PM

Adjourn

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

no recording

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Missouri Sentencing Guidance

• Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Court System
  

10:30 AM

Working Group Report

Statewide plan for screening defendants

11:00 AM

Monetary thresholds for theft offenses

12:00 AM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Driving with License Suspended

Other jurisdictions

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Driving with License Suspended

Non-motor vehicle-related statutes that can result in suspension of operator's license

2:30 PM

Violation of Conditions

Data review of underlying charges

3:00 PM

Diversion

Judicial authority to send cases to diversion

3:30 PM

Adjourn

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

11-5, 6,

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Community Justice Centers

• Yvonne Byrd, Director, Community Justice Center, Montpelier
  
• Karen Vastine, Community Justice Coordinator, Burlington Community Justice Center
  

11:00 AM

Missouri Sentencing Guidance

• Julie Upshulte, Program Specialist, Missouri Sentencing Advisory Committee
  
• Cathy Zacharias, Legal Counsel, Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Triage Using the Sequential Intercept Funnel

• Karen Gennette, Court Administrator's Office
  

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Allocation of points on Operator's License

Review of allocation of points on operator's license in rural jurisdictions

• Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

2:00 PM

Monetary thresholds for theft offenses

3:00 PM

Adjourn

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

11-7, 8, 9

Meeting Record

10:15 AM

Review Draft Legislation

• Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Willa Farrell, Court Diversion Director, Attorney General's Office
  

11:15 AM

Theft and Property Crimes Sentencing

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Review Recommendations

• Michael Hoyt, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

2:30 PM

Adjourn

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