Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     46-18-604. Transmittal of sentencing data to supreme court -- compilation. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the clerk of district court shall record on forms provided by the clerk of the supreme court the following sentencing data for each defendant sentenced:
     (a) the name of the case;
     (b) whether the conviction was by verdict or plea;
     (c) the fine or imprisonment, or both, allowed by law;
     (d) the actual fine or imprisonment, or both, imposed;
     (e) the percentage of fine or imprisonment, or both, allowed by law that is actually imposed;
     (f) the amount of fine or number of years of imprisonment, or both, that are suspended; and
     (g) the percentage of fine or imprisonment, or both, imposed that is suspended.
     (2) Whenever a sentence of death or of life imprisonment is allowed by law, this fact must be shown in the report, together with the case name and the actual sentence imposed.
     (3) The clerk of district court shall report the names of the cases in which sentencing was deferred.
     (4) The clerk of district court shall report the reasons given by the judge for the disposition of every case by attaching an extract of that portion of the judgment setting forth the basis for the sentence.
     (5) The sentencing judge shall sign the form containing the information recorded by the clerk of district court pursuant to this section.
     (6) The clerk of district court shall on a quarterly basis total for each judge the data recorded pursuant to subsections (1) and (2), sign the report, and forward all such data to the clerk of the supreme court.
     (7) The clerk of the supreme court shall compile the reports submitted by the district court clerks and distribute the data to all district court clerks and any interested party on April 1 of each year.
     (8) The clerk of the supreme court shall provide a form for the recording of data required by this section.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 459, L. 1981.

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