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Big Youthful Offender Change Effective 10/1/08

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Effective October 1, 2008, section 958.04 is amended so that a YO sentence must be imposed before a defendant turns 21- this is a change from the prior language which required the offense to be committed before age 21.If you have any clients who qualify for YO but are over 21 ? you should think about pleading them before 10/1.  The argument after that date is that the change is substantive and therefore any offense committed before 10/1 is controlled by the prior statute- but you never know what the courts will do.  The same bill (HB 7137) also allows violent offenses to be considered for community control.                                                            (Thanks to DC)continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 21, 2008 (boomark / email).