2020 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
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 (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) (IC 35-42-4-1(b)).

(5) Criminal deviate conduct as a Class A felony (IC 35-42-4-2(b)) (before its repeal).

(6) Robbery as a Class A felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 2 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) (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. Amended by P.L.168-2014, SEC.42.