MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION

MSGC REPORTS & FORMS

• MSGC Reports
• Departure Report Forms
• Sentencing Forms

MSGC Reports

The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission monitoring data contains information on all felony sentences pronounced in Minnesota in a given year. The monitoring data is offender-based, meaning individual offenders sentenced in the same county in a thirty-day period are counted only once; sentences in the monitoring data are classified based on the most serious offense sentenced.

The Sentencing Guidelines Commission completes an annual Report to the Legislature, which contains Adopted Modifications to the Sentencing Guidelines, County Attorney Reports on Criminal Cases Involving Firearms, and a summary of the Commission's activities during the previous year. In addition, MSGC staff create reports detailing sentencing practices for various kinds of offenses and the rankings assigned by sentencing judges for unranked offenses. These reports are generally completed for areas where frequent questions from criminal justice practitioners arise. 

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader is needed to view these reports. If you need any of these reports in another format, they can be obtained by contacting the Sentencing Guidelines Commission at (651) 296-0144 or via email at sentencing.guidelines@state.mn.us.

Choose from the list below:

• Reports to the Legislature
  
  
• Sentencing Practices Data Reports
  
  
• Special Guidelines Reports
  
  
• Special Reports

If you are seeking specific information that cannot be found within the Sentencing Practices Data Reports (link above), please contact the Sentencing Guidelines Commission via e-mail with the following information:

1. Your specific data request (e.g.: offense type, departure type, counties, years desired)
2. Your timeframe for needing the requested information*
3. Your contact information

*To ensure that you receive the requested information in ample time, please allow at least 2 weeks for your request to be completed.

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Departure Report Forms (for judges)

• Instructions Sheet
• Departure Report Form (in Microsoft Word)
• Departure Report Form (in Adobe Acrobat)

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Sentencing Forms (for probation agents)

• EJJ Filing Instructions
• EJJ Worksheet
• EWS Data Entry Form

 

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Special Guidelines Reports

• Offenders Revoked to Prison: Offenders Sentenced 2001-2009 (Published Oct. 2011)
• Minnesota Felony Sentencing Enhancements: 1987-2011 (Published Oct. 2011)
• 2007 MSGC Updated Drug Report
• Impact of Select Statutory Enhancements
• Impact of Blakely and Expanded Ranges on Sentencing Grid

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Special Reports

Collateral Sanctions*:

• Special Report to the Legislature: January 2008
• Report to the Legislature on DHS Background Studies: February 2008

*These reports are the product of the Collateral Sanctions Committee created and fully funded by the Minnesota Legislature in 2007.  Although the Legislature utilized staff of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission for the project, that agency's Commissioners took no part in the collateral sanctions work.  The opinions and recommendations set forth here are those of the Collateral Sanctions Committee.  They have not been reviewed or approved by the Guidelines Commission.

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