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Captain David Sonner
Southern Command Court Services |
Southern Command - Court Services
The Southern Command Court Services Unit prepares the Presentence
Investigation Reports for the Eight Judicial District Courts which
is comprised of Departments I through XX. Thirteen of these
Departments currently handle criminal calendars.
The unit is comprised of a Captain, seven Lieutenants, thirty-seven
Division Specialist III's, eight Division Specialists IV's, one
Administrative Assistant III, one Administrative Assistant II, eight
Administrative Assistant I's and an additional Administrative Aid. The
Southern Command Court Services produces on the average of 730 Presentence
Investigation Reports per month.
After an offender enters a guilty plea or is convicted by jury trial,
a sentencing date is set. The District Attorney's Office forwards the
case file to Court Services Unit and the Presentence Investigation is
assigned to a Division Specialist IV or III. The assigned Specialist
has 30 to 45 days to complete an investigation on the offender covering
all aspects of their history. A complete record of the offender's criminal
history is obtained from the criminal history repositories. Additional
information is obtained regarding the offender's social, marital, educational,
employment, health, residential, military, and substance abuse history. A
review of the offense to which the offender has been found guilty is also
included. Additionally, any victim information and restitution information
is collected and calculated. The facts uncovered in the investigation are
then evaluated by the Specialist to arrive at an appropriate recommendation
to the District Court Judge for sentencing. The report is submitted to the
Lieutenant, approved and forwarded to the Court.
The Presentence Investigation Report then becomes a permanent part of the
Division's supervision file. In addition to assisting the Judge in arriving
at an appropriate sentence, it is utilized by the Nevada Department of
Corrections for classification purposed, by the Parole Board Commissioners
for release consideration, and by Interstate Compact receiving States for
determining acceptance or denial of offender's requesting supervision in
those States.
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