Section 99-43-31 - Victim impact statements to probation officers; duty to consider victim impact

The victim may submit a written impact statement or make an oral impact statement to the probation officer for use in preparing a pre-sentence report. The probation officer shall consider the economic, physical, and psychological impact that the criminal offense has had on the victim and the immediate family of the victim. Laws, 1998, ch. 577, § 16, eff. 1/1/1999.