Title: IN RE: OKLAHOMA TRUTH IN SENTENCING

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Document:

IN RE: OKLAHOMA TRUTH IN SENTENCING1997 OK 128Case Number: SCAD-97-19Decided: 10/14/1997Supreme Court of Oklahoma IN RE: OKLAHOMA TRUTH IN SENTENCING NO. SCAD-97-19 ___P.2d___ 1997 OK 128 Decided: October 14, 1997 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN RE: OKLAHOMA TRUTH IN SENTENCING FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION ¶1 The Oklahoma Legislature has enacted House Bill 1213, the Oklahoma Truth in Sentencing Act with an effective date of July 1, 1998. ¶2 The Court finds that the collection of adequate sentencing data is needed immediately for the proper implementation of House Bill 1213. ¶3 Accordingly, effective December 1, 1997 all judges of the District Courts in the State of Oklahoma shall be responsible in all felony convictions or felony deferred sentences for providing information to the Oklahoma Sentencing Commission. ¶4 The information contained in Exhibit "A" to this administrative Order shall be obtained at the time that the judgment and sentence is entered by the trial court. ¶5 This data shall be collected and made part of the judgment and sentence currently required by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. ¶6 Once this data is filed in the court clerk's office, a copy shall be immediately transmitted to the Oklahoma Sentencing Commission. ¶7 This Order shall be published three times in the Oklahoma Bar Journal prior to December 1, 1997. ¶8 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1997. _________________________________ CHIEF JUSTICE KAUGER, C.J., SUMMERS, V.C.J., HODGES, LAVENDER, OPALA, WILSON, and WATT, JJ., concur. SIMMS and HARGRAVE, JJ., not voting. Exhibit A