2003 Minnesota Statutes

     244.197 Initiation of sanctions conference. 

    Subdivision 1.    Authority.  Unless the district court 
 directs otherwise, a probation agency may use a sanctions 
 conference to address an offender's technical violation of 
 probation. 

    Subd. 2.    Notice of violation.  When a probation 
 agency has reason to believe that an offender has committed a 
 technical violation of probation, the agency shall notify the 
 offender in writing of the specific nature of the technical 
 violation and the scheduling of a sanctions conference, 
 including the date, time, and location of the sanctions 
 conference.  The notice shall also state that if the offender 
 fails to appear at the sanctions conference, the probation 
 agency may apprehend and detain the offender under section 
 244.195 and ask the court to commence revocation proceedings 
 under section 609.14 and rule 27.04 of the Rules of Criminal 
 Procedure.  To the extent feasible, the sanctions conference 
 must take place within seven days of mailing of the notice to 
 the offender. 

    Subd. 3.    Sanctions conference.  At the sanctions 
 conference, the county probation officer shall provide the 
 offender with a copy of a sanctions conference form explaining 
 the sanctions conference and the offender's options for 
 proceeding.  The offender must stipulate, in writing, that the 
 offender has received a copy of the sanctions conference form 
 and that the offender understands the information contained in 
 the form and the options available to the offender.  The 
 offender also must declare, in writing, the offender's decision 
 to either participate in the sanctions conference or proceed 
 with a judicial hearing. 

    HIST: 1Sp2003 c 2 art 6 s 2