The Maryland General Assembly created the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (MSCCSP) in 1999 as an independent agency to support fair and proportional sentencing policy and to maintain the State’s voluntary sentencing guidelines for criminal cases sentenced in the circuit courts. The MSCCSP is responsible for collecting and automating the sentencing guidelines worksheets, maintaining the sentencing guidelines database, monitoring circuit court sentencing practice, adopting changes to the guidelines consistent with the sentencing practices of Maryland circuit court judges, and providing training and orientation to criminal justice practitioners who apply the sentencing guidelines.
News
April 5, 2024:
Proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines were published in the April 5, 2024, issue of the Maryland Register (Volume 51, Issue 7). The proposed amendments replace references to “adjudication of guilt” with “adjudication”, “convicted offense” with “offense”, and “conviction” with “adjudication” or “offense” in instances where the intended meaning of “conviction” includes probation before judgement (PBJ) pursuant to either Criminal Procedure Article, §6-220(b) or 6-220(c), Annotated Code of Maryland. Additionally, the proposed amendments modify the guidelines offense table to add previously unavailable CJIS Codes. Public comments on the proposed amendments will be accepted through May 6, 2024.
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