2013 Indiana Code TITLE 31. FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW ARTICLE 30. JUVENILE LAW: JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION CHAPTER 4. SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNDER CRIMINAL COURT JURISDICTION
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IC 31-30-4
Chapter 4. Sentencing Alternatives for Certain Offenders
Under Criminal Court Jurisdiction
IC 31-30-4-1
Application
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following:
(1) An offender who:
(A) is less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) has been waived to a court with criminal jurisdiction
under IC 31-30-3; and
(C) is charged as an adult offender.
(2) An offender who:
(A) is less than eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) does not come under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court
because the offender is charged with an offense listed in
IC 31-30-1-4.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
IC 31-30-4-2
Offenders less than 18 years of age; sentencing alternatives
Sec. 2. (a) Subject to subsection (c), if:
(1) an offender is:
(A) less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) waived to a court with criminal jurisdiction under
IC 31-30-3 because the offender committed an act that
would be a felony if committed by an adult; and
(C) convicted of committing the felony or enters a plea of
guilty to committing the felony; or
(2) an offender is:
(A) less than eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) charged with a felony over which a juvenile court does
not have jurisdiction under IC 31-30-1-4; and
(C) convicted of committing the felony by a court with
criminal jurisdiction or enters a plea of guilty to committing
the felony with the court;
the court may, upon its own motion, a motion of the prosecuting
attorney, or a motion of the offender's legal representative, impose a
sentence upon the conviction of the offender under this chapter.
(b) If a court elects to impose a sentence upon conviction of an
offender under subsection (a) and, before the offender is sentenced,
the department of correction determines that there is space available
for the offender in a juvenile facility of the division of youth services
of the department, the sentencing court may:
(1) impose an appropriate criminal sentence on the offender
under IC 35-50-2;
(2) suspend the criminal sentence imposed, notwithstanding
IC 35-50-2-2 and IC 35-50-2-2.1;
(3) order the offender to be placed into the custody of the
department of correction to be placed in the juvenile facility of
the division of youth services; and
(4) provide that the successful completion of the placement of
the offender in the juvenile facility is a condition of the
suspended criminal sentence.
(c) The court may not impose a sentence on an offender under
subsection (a) until:
(1) the prosecuting attorney has notified the victim of the felony
of the possible imposition of a sentence on the offender under
this chapter; and
(2) either:
(A) the probation department of the court has conducted a
presentence investigation concerning the offender and
reported its findings to the court; or
(B) the department of correction has conducted a diagnostic
evaluation of the offender and reported its findings to the
court.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
IC 31-30-4-3
Violation of suspended criminal sentence; court options
Sec. 3. (a) If there is probable cause to believe that an offender
described under section 2(b) of this chapter has:
(1) violated a condition of the offender's suspended criminal
sentence; or
(2) committed a new offense;
the court shall conduct a review hearing to determine if the offender
has committed the violation or the new offense unless the offender
waives the hearing.
(b) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence after a
review hearing conducted under subsection (a) that the offender has
violated a condition of the offender's suspended criminal sentence or
committed a new offense or if the offender waives the hearing, the
court may:
(1) continue the offender's placement in the juvenile facility
under section 2(b) of this chapter;
(2) order execution of all or part of the offender's previously
suspended criminal sentence in an adult facility recommended
by the department of correction; or
(3) make any other modifications to the sentence imposed on
the offender under section 2(b) of this chapter the court
considers appropriate.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
IC 31-30-4-4
Reclassification of offender in a juvenile facility; transfer to adult
facility
Sec. 4. (a) The department of correction may reclassify an
offender placed in a juvenile facility under section 2(b) of this
chapter and transfer the offender to an appropriate adult facility if the
department determines that placement of the offender in any juvenile
facility of the division of youth services is no longer appropriate.
(b) If the department of correction reclassifies and transfers an
offender under this section:
(1) the department shall notify the sentencing court of the
circumstances of the reclassification and transfer; and
(2) the sentencing court:
(A) shall hold a review hearing concerning the
reclassification and transfer of the offender; and
(B) after the hearing is conducted under clause (A), may
order execution of all or part of the offender's suspended
criminal sentence in an adult facility of the department of
correction.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
IC 31-30-4-5
Offender progress report; court options
Sec. 5. (a) At the request of a sentencing court, the department of
correction shall provide a progress report to the sentencing court
concerning an offender sentenced and placed in a juvenile facility
under section 2(b) of this chapter. When the offender becomes
eighteen (18) years of age:
(1) the department shall notify the sentencing court; and
(2) the sentencing court shall hold a review hearing concerning
the offender before the offender becomes nineteen (19) years of
age.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), after a hearing conducted
under subsection (a), the sentencing court may:
(1) continue the offender's placement in a juvenile facility until
the objectives of the sentence imposed on the offender have
been met, if the sentencing court finds that the objectives of the
sentence imposed on the offender have not been met;
(2) discharge the offender if the sentencing court finds that the
objectives of the sentence imposed on the offender have been
met;
(3) order execution of all or part of the offender's suspended
criminal sentence in an adult facility of the department of
correction; or
(4) place the offender:
(A) in home detention under IC 35-38-2.5;
(B) in a community corrections program under IC 35-38-2.6;
(C) on probation under IC 35-50-7; or
(D) in any other appropriate alternative sentencing program.
(c) This subsection applies to an offender over whom a juvenile
court lacks jurisdiction under IC 31-30-1-4 who is convicted of one
(1) or more of the following offenses:
(1) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
(2) Attempted murder (IC 35-41-5-1).
(3) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
(4) Rape as a Class A felony (IC 35-42-4-1(b)).
(5) Criminal deviate conduct as a Class A felony (IC
35-42-4-2(b)).
(6) Robbery as a Class A felony (IC 35-42-5-1), if:
(A) the offense was committed while armed with a deadly
weapon; and
(B) the offense resulted in bodily injury to any person other
than a defendant.
The court may not modify the original sentence of an offender to
whom this subsection applies if the prosecuting attorney objects in
writing to the modification. The prosecuting attorney shall set forth
in writing the prosecuting attorney's reasons for objecting to the
sentence modification.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
IC 31-30-4-6
Offenders in juvenile facilities; security or safety risks
Sec. 6. (a) At any time before an offender placed in a juvenile
facility under section 2(b) of this chapter becomes twenty-one (21)
years of age, the department of correction may transfer the offender
to an adult facility if the department of correction believes the
offender is a safety or security risk to:
(1) the other offenders or the staff at the juvenile facility; or
(2) the public.
(b) If the department of correction transfers an offender to an
adult facility under this section, the department shall notify the
sentencing court of the circumstances of the transfer.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
IC 31-30-4-7
Revocation of suspended criminal sentence; credit for time served
Sec. 7. If the suspension of a criminal sentence is revoked under
this chapter, all time served by an offender in a juvenile facility of
the division of youth services of the department of correction shall
be credited toward any criminal sentence imposed on the offender
under this chapter.
As added by P.L.104-2013, SEC.1.
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