Some States Use Sentencing Guidelines to Determine a Criminal Sentence

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.When a judge does not sentence in accordance with the presumed sentence,this is called a(n) _______________.

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