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40-38-202 - Sentencing judge to consider impact statement prior to sentencing.

40-38-202. Sentencing judge to consider impact statement prior to sentencing.

The sentencing judge shall solicit and consider a victim impact statement prior to sentencing a convicted offender who has caused physical, emotional, or financial harm to a victim, as defined in § 40-38-203.

[Acts 1993, ch. 438, § 2.]