ADULT DISCIPLINE INFORMATION
Probation Law Manual
Community Service Manual
Changes in DWI Laws
Interstate Compact Reference Guides
Probation Law Manual
Prior to 1913 if a defendant were convicted of a criminal
offense the sentencing authority had one of two options
- the judge could assess penitentiary time or a jury
could recommend that no punishment be assessed. It had
consistently been held that legislation permitting
trial courts to suspend pronouncement or imposition
of sentences was constitutional. Click below to learn
more about the history of probation law and more important
probation information in the Probation Law Manual-
Probation Law Manual
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The law dealing with community service has changed
over the years. While the requirement that a probationer
could be ordered to perform community service as a
condition of supervision had been previously inferred,
it was not until the 1980's that statutory language
was created to expressly authorize a judge to impose
this particular condition.
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the manual:.
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Changes in DWI Laws
For well over two decades, there have been a number
of substantial changes to the laws regarding intoxication-related
offenses. Many of these changes have added increased
responsibilities to community supervision and corrections
departments. Moreover since these legislative initiatives
resulted in amendments to scattered portions of the
law dealing with intoxication-related offenses, community
supervision officers have had great difficulty in interpreting
these various provisions in a consistent and harmonious
manner. Consequently, officers responsible for monitoring
conditions of community supervision imposed on probationers
convicted of an intoxication-related offense face a
perplexing task in deciphering this area of the law.
Click below to view a paper that may better enable
officers to perform their duties in supervising persons
convicted of intoxication-related offenses.
Changes
to Laws Regarding Intoxication Offenses
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Interstate Compact Reference
Guides
http://www.taylorcscd.org/pac/RefGuideUpdated.pdf
http://www.taylorcscd.org/pac/QRG3.pdf
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