Transcription of 1. SENTENCING ORDER
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1. SENTENCING ORDER What is the SENTENCING ORDER and what does it do? The SENTENCING ORDER ( ORDER ) replaces and combines the former Judgment and Commitment, Judgment and Disposition, and Departure Report forms. Its purpose is to document the disposition of criminal cases processed in the State s circuit courts. It provides the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) and the Arkansas Department of Community Correction (ACC) with the legal basis for the custody and community supervision of an offender. Courts are required to use the ORDER as of January 1, 2012. See 16-90-402 and 16-90-801(d)(11)(B). Pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative ORDER Number 8 (Forms for Reporting Case Information in all Arkansas Trial Courts), where the final disposition results in a commitment to ADC, probation, suspended imposition of sentence, commitment to the ACC or to the county jail, a fine, restitution, and/or court costs, the office of the prosecuting attorney shall be responsible for completion of the ORDER , which shall be submitted to the circuit judge for signature, and filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk.
handling the case. This is important to include (if you have it) because it ties the offense information to the offender. A.C.A. # of Offense/Name of Offense: Enter the code section in effect at the time the offense was committed. Use subsections if the offense was created or modified during or after the 2011 Legislative Session.
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