Some States Use Sentencing Guidelines to Determine a Criminal Sentence

Multiple Choice

Some states use sentencing guidelines to determine a criminal sentence. These guidelines are generally legislatively created presumptions in the form of a spreadsheet based on offense seriousness and prior record. What term is applied when a judge does not sentence in accordance with the presumed sentence?

A) sentencing anomaly
B) determinate sentence
C) indeterminate sentence
D) sentencing departure