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Assignment Guidelines

Part 1:

Address the following in approximately 500 words:

Shane White has decided to enter a guilty plea for possession of heroin. Go to the State of Michigan sentencing guidelines manual and determine what sentence the judge may impose. Consider the following:

There was 17.2 grams of heroin seized.
He entered a guilty plea.
He was cooperative.

He has 1 prior misdemeanor charge for possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to probation for 6 months with successful completion. This was 12 years prior to the current offense.

He has failed several stints in treatment rehabilitation facilities for drug use.

Fully justify your rationale and support all of your arguments with academic or scholarly resources.

Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Part 2:

Address the following in 250-500 words:

The judge has asked the probation department to develop a presentence investigation report in addition to using the sentencing guidelines.

What is the purpose and functions of presentence reports? Explain in detail.

What is included in reports? Explain.

Do you think they are valuable to the sentencing system? Why or why not?

Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.