HB 1974 - DIGEST |
Provides that an offender is eligible for the special sex offender sentencing alternative if: (1) The offender has not committed multiple acts constituting sex offenses against the same victim, regardless of whether the offender was subject to criminal charges for the acts; |
(2) The offender is the immediate victim's family member; |
(3) The testimony of the immediate victim of the crime is material to the case or necessary to the prosecution of the offender; |
(4) The immediate victim refuses to cooperate in the investigation, or is unwilling, unable, or unavailable to testify; |
(5) The immediate victim or immediate victim's family agrees to the sentence imposed under this act; and |
(6) The offender's standard sentence range for the offense includes the possibility of confinement for less than eleven years. |