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In criminal law, a suspended sentence is an alternative to imprisonment where a judge may partially or entirely suspend the convicted individual's prison or ... Pleasehelpusimproveoursite! × Nothankyou LII Wex suspendedsentence suspendedsentence Primarytabs Incriminallaw,asuspendedsentenceisanalternativetoimprisonmentwhereajudgemaypartiallyorentirelysuspendtheconvictedindividual'sprisonorjailsentencesolongastheyfulfillcertainconditions.Iftheconditionsareviolated,thenthestatemaypetitiontorevokethesuspendedsentenceandreimposetheoriginaltermofthesentencebyproving,inanevidentiaryhearingandbyapreponderanceofevidencestandard,thatthedefendantindeedviolatedthecondition(s). Suspendedsentencesarebasedonpublicpolicygoalsofrehabilitatingoffenders.AscourtsinVirginiahaveexplained:"[t]hetrueobjectiveofsuspendedsentencingistorehabilitateandtoencourageaconvicteddefendanttobeofgoodbehavior.Toaccomplishthis,itisnecessarythatgoodconductberewarded.Itisimportantthatadefendantknowthatgoodconductonhispartwillexpeditehiscompleterestorationtosociety." Whileconditionstoasuspendedsentencegenerallyhavetobeexpresslystatedtothedefendant,thereisdisagreementamongjurisdictionsastowhethergoodbehavior,orrefrainmentfromcommittingacrime,needstobeexpresslystatedaswell.JurisdictionslikeNewHampshireandVirginiahaveheldthatsuspendedsentenceshaveanimplicitconditionofgoodbehavior,asgoodbehaviorisfundamentaltothepurposeofsuspendedsentences.Ontheotherhand,jurisdictionslikeArkansashaveheldthecontrary,thatallconditions,includinggoodbehavior,mustbeexpresslycommunicatedifthesuspendedsentenceistoberevocable.  Lastly,asidefromsuspendedsentences,courtshavethegeneralauthoritytopostponetheimpositionofsentences.Thisformofsuspensioncanariseinvariouscontexts.Forexample,Marylandhasheldthatitisreasonableforcourtstosuspendthesentencingofaconvicteddefendantwheremoretimeisneededforadditionalinvestigationspriortotheconvicteddefendant'ssentencinghearing.Inaddition,Kentuckyhasheldthat,becauseaconvicteddefendantmustbecompetenttobesentenced,postponementinsentencingmaybeallowedtoallowforinvestigationstodeterminewhethertheconvictedindividualiscompetent.  [LastupdatedinOctoberof2021bytheWexDefinitionsTeam] wex THELEGALPROCESS criminallaw criminalprocedure criminallawandprocedure wexdefinitions WexToolbox

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