Sentencing

Oftentimes a defendant will receive a sentence of probation, with a suspended prison term.  During the term of probation, a defendant will be supervised by a probation officer.  Many requirements will be placed on the defendant during the probationary period.  For example, defendants on probation must generally allow any police or probation officer to search the defendant, his belongings or his residence at any time, without first obtaining a search warrant and without probable cause.  A defendant may also be ordered to pursue a high school general equivalency diploma if the defendant did not graduate from high school.  In addition, a defendant may be ordered to submit to random drug testing.

If the court sentences a defendant to a term of imprisonment, the defendant will be sent to either a jail or to a prison, depending upon the crime the defendant was convicted of.  A defendant will receive a jail sentence for misdemeanor convictions, and a prison sentence for felony convictions.  Unless otherwise agreed to by the prosecution and defense in a plea bargain, or following trial and conviction, both the prosecution and the defense are entitled to argue for the appropriate sentence they believe the court should impose.  Following arguments by counsel, and allowing the defendant to make a brief statement, the judge determines the sentence, within statutory guidelines, for the defendant (except in cases where the death penalty is being sought).

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