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Date: July 2002 - (Download PDF Version)

Topic: Range of Community Service and Jury Duty Hours Given to Respondents

Question: What is the range of community service hours and jury terms (if applicable) that your youth court will allow youth jurors/judge panels to sentence respondents to? I would like your minimum and maximum.

Responses from Coordinators:

Amy Allen
Teen Court Coordinator
Oakland County Prosecutor's Office
1200 North Telegraph
Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-7282
Fax:(248) 975-4265
allena@co.oakland.mi.us

There is no minimum on either community service or jury duty. The maximum on community service is 40 hours. There is no maximum on jury duty; however, we have never seen anything over serving for three sessions, with two sessions being average.

Angie Martinez
Coordinator
Osceola Teen Court, Inc.
2 Courthouse Square, Ste. 3100, Rm 3118
Kissimmee, FL 34741
Phone: (407-343-2465
Fax: (407)-343-2401
ctadam1@ocnjcc.org

For misdemeanor cases the minimum community service is 10 hours; the maximum is 50 hours. The minimum jury duties are 2, and the maximum is 6.

Rebecca La Fleur
Director, Teen Court of Grant County
PO Box 2812
Silver City, NM 88062
505/538-8085
lafleur@zianet.com

Class I - Traffic Offenses 8-32 hours of community service and 2 to 4 nights of jury duty plus a 3-hour Danger Awareness Program
Class II - shoplifting, trespass, public affray, battery, etc. 16-48 hours of community service and 3-5 nights of jury duty plus the Choices Program (Parent also required to attend)
Class III - alcohol and drug related offenses 32-68 hours of community service and 4-8 nights of jury duty plus either the Alcohol Awareness Program (Parent required to attend) or a Family Assessment

Amy Allen
Teen Court Coordinator
Oakland County Prosecutor's Office
1200 North Telegraph
Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-7282
Fax:(248) 975-4265
allena@co.oakland.mi.us

Angie Martinez
Coordinator
Osceola Teen Court, Inc.
2 Courthouse Square, Ste. 3100, Rm 3118
Kissimmee, FL 34741
Phone: (407) 343-2465
Fax: (407)-343-2401
ctadam1@ocnjcc.org

For misdemeanor cases the minimum community service is 10 hours; the maximum is 50 hours. The minimum jury duties are 2, and the maximum is 6.

Debbie Holland
Ontario County Youth Court
Project Coordinator
The Partnership for Ontario Co., Inc.
3088 County Complex Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Phone: (716) 396-4519
Fax: (716)-396-8821
deb.holland@co.ontario.ny.us

We use a guideline of 5-50 hours. In the 1 1/2 years we have existed the most that has been sentenced is 40 hours.

Kimberly Walsh
Executive Director
Duval County Teen Court
City Hall Annex
220 E Bay Street, Ste. 703
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 475-0832
Fax: (904) 475-0836
kwalsh@fcsl.edu

Duval County Teen Court: the peer jury sentencing is a minimum of 8 community service hours and a minimum of 1 jury duty. The peer jury sentencing maximums are 50 community service hours and 6 jury duties.

Mary Fleischmann
Program Coordinator
La Pine Teen Court
P.O. Box 2035
La Pine, OR 97739
Phone: (541) 536-5002
Fax: (541) 536-5766
Mary_Engstrom@co.deschutes.or.us

I have no maximum or minimum community service hours set in my court...it is left to the discretion of the youth jurors. On average the hours range from 5 to 40 hours. Most time it is in the 10 to 15 hour range. The most hours ever given in my court was 75. On average, the defendant is required to serve 2 to 3 times as a juror.

Chris Kerr
Director
Onondaga County Youth Court
c/o The Justice Center
555 South State Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: (315) 435-5707
Fax: (315) 435-1718
ycourt@dreamscape.com

The Onondaga County Youth Court uses a minimum of 0 hours and a maximum of 100 hours.

Lars Mead
Coordinator
Broome County Youth Court
67 Broad Street
P.O. Box 250
Johnson City, NY 13970
Phone: (607) 729-9784
Fax: (607) 729-9394
youthct@pronetisp.net

Youth Court of Broome County, NY has a minimum of 5 hours, and a maximum of 100.

Corinne Lesko
Director
Huntington Youth Court
423 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: (631) 271-5644
Fax: (631) 271-1360
corecam1121@aol.com

Our minimum number of community service hours is 0, and 1 jury duty. The maximum number of community service hours is 35, we have no max jury duty, but because of time constraints, I would have to say 3.

Kristi Cole
Teen Court Coordinator
Carteret County Teen Court
c/o Carteret County Sheriff's Dept
P.O. Drawer 239
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-4800
Fax: (252) 504-4818
teen.court@co.carteret.nc.us

Carteret County Teen Court Mandatory Sanctions:

Class I- c.s. 15-20 hours jury duty 5-7
Class II- c.s. 10-15 jury duty 3-5
Class III- c.s. 5-10 jury duty 1-3

Joann Murphy
Coordinator
SW YMCA Teen Court
YMCA of Greater Cleveland
1100 W. Bagley Road
Berea, OH 44017
Phone: (440) 243-2704
Fax: (440) 243-2713
jkjmurphy@yahoo.com

For our Teen Court in Strongsville, Ohio a jury can decide a minimum of 1 jury duty and a maximum of 5. It does not matter the offense for jury duties. For community service hours it depends on the offense:

Littering: minimum 4/maximum 10
arassment/Menacing: minimum 8/maxiumum10
Unruly: minimum 10/maximum 20
Fighting: minimum 10/ maximum 20
Disorderly Conduct: minimum 10/ maximum20
Telephone Harassment: minimum 12/ maximum 20

The hours are 12-30 for the following offenses: Giving False Info/ID, Receiving Stolen Property, Theft, Trespassing, Gambling, and Possession of Fireworks. Curfew violation is minimum 15/maximum 20 hours. A defendant can receive 20-30 hours for: Criminal Mischief, Assault, and Possession of Paraphernalia. The last two offenses are 30-40 hours: Possession of Marijuana and Alcohol Use or Possession. Although we are able to handle all of these offenses, the most common are theft, prohibition and possession of marijuana/paraphernalia.

Myra Weeks
Coordinator
Wichita County Teen Court
Wichita County Courthouse
900 7th Street, Room 212
Wichita Falls, TX 76301-2482
Phone: (940) 715-8575
Fax: (940) 766-8177
Myra.Weeks@co.wichita.tx.us

We have several levels that range from 8-65 hours.

Michelle Schroeder
Teen Court Coordinator
Blue Earth County Teen Court
P.O. Box 3543
Mankato, MN 56055
Phone: (507) 344-3704
Fax: (507) 344-3737
michele.schroeder@co.blue-earth.mn.us

In Blue Earth County the minimum hours that we will sentence a defendant to is 5 hours and the maximum is 20 hours, per offense. If they are sentenced to Teen Court, they are required to attend a 5-hour training and complete 4 to 5, two-hour sessions as a juror.

Becky Rose Colahan
Teen Court Coordinator
Harney County Teen Court
c/o Harney Co. DA's Office
450 North Buena Vista
Burns, OR 97720
Phone: (541) 573-8300
Fax: (541) 573-8304
brose@orednet.org

The minimum is 10 hours; the maximum is based on the maximum amount of fine that could be ordered for the offense committed. The $ amount is then divided by the minimum wage to get the number of maximum hours.

Nancy Cormier
Supervisor
Ulster County Youth Court
Ulster County Probation Department
17 Pearl Street
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: (914) 340-3214
Fax: (914) 340-3220
ncor@co.ulster.ny.us

Ulster County Youth Court sets a minimum of 5 hours and a maximum of 50 hours for community service. We are a tribunal court with no jurors. We have respondents come back and serve as Bailiffs for one case.

Jeff Rubin
Coordinator
Calabasas Teen Court
City of Calabasas
3701 Lost Hills Road
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301
Phone: (818) 880-6461
Fax: (818) 880-6457
jrubin@ci.calabasas.ca.us

Minimum of 10 hours to maximum of 100 hours.

Erin Schellhardt
Johnson County Youth Court
Johnson County Court Services
1255 East 119th Street
Olathe, KS 66061
Phone: (913) 324-6965
Fax: (913) 782-3297
erin.schellhardt@jocoks.com

Our minimum is 2 jury terms and five hours of community service. We don't have a maximum at this point. Out of 275+ cases, I have only intervened once b/c I thought the sentence was too high for jury terms/community service hours. Otherwise, the jury is always appropriate with their sentencing recommendation.

Cathy Beaty
Whatcom Co. Teen Court
Northwest Youth Services
P. O. Box 5447
1020 N. State Street
Bellingham, WA 98226
cathybnwys@hotmail.com

Our range for Community Service is minimum 20 hrs. and maximum 100. We have a high minimum because our Teen Court cases are always 2nd time offenders.

Ray & Sharon Kendall
Director
Dundee Township Peer Jury
120 Barrington Avenue
East Dundee, IL 60118
Phone: (847) 428-4034
Fax (847) 426-2956
Sharay@stans.com

Our Peer Jury has (by state statute), the ability to sentence an offender from 1-25 hrs of community service. They are normally given 30 days to complete their sentence unless mitigating circumstances occur. If they do not finish their community service during the requested time, they may be sentenced to an additional 25 hrs. We do not use this option, however, but forward the case on to Juvenile Court Services for a court referral. Our offenders are not mandated to spend any time as a Peer Juror. They are given the suggestion that if they stay clean for 6 months, they are then eligible to serve on our Peer Jury. We view serving as a juror is an honor and our jurors see it that way.

Susan Wolf
Teen Court Coordinator
1000 Throckmorton
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: (817) 871-7642
Fax: (817) 871-8670
wolfs@ci.fort-worth.tx.us

Fort Worth has a minimum of 8 hours and a maximum of 64 for each ticket. We allow multiple tickets if they are given at the same stop. Our jury also has the option of running the defendants hours concurrently or consecutively.

Lynn Langdon
Teen Court Coordinator
Boys and Girls Club Teen Center
3015 J Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: (707) 444-0153
Fax: (707) 444-0915
tcourt@northcoast.com

Jury duty--For respondents, jury duty is a minimum of 2 times and a maximum of 5. For Community Service hours, there is no set minimum or maximum, but on our sentencing option sheet, it is recommended between 10-40 hours. Most juries give between 10-30.

Gwen Vieau
Business & Program Director
Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange Co.
17875 Von Karman., Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: (949) 440-6757
Fax: (949) 440-6710
gvieau@crfoc.com

Our recommended jury service is 20-60 hours. However we see from 10-100 hours often.

Ann Francis
Assistant to the Community Prosecutor
Pierce County Prosecutor
5501 6th Avenue
Tacoma, WA98406
Phone: (253) 798-7873
Fax: (253) 798-4019
afranci@co.pierce.wa.us

We are looking at utilizing a 3-tiered system, with

Class A offenses being the most serious (assault, possession of drugs or alcohol) with a range of 18-30 hrs of community service, 5-7x's on a jury, and 5-10 hrs of counseling required.
Class B offenses (Harassment, trespassing, disorderly conduct) have a range of 15-25 hrs of community service, 4-6x's on a jury and 4-8 hrs of counseling.
Class C is the least serious (bicycle violation, smoking, refusing to leave public property) and the range is 6-18 hrs of community service, 3-5x's on a jury and 3-7 hrs of counseling.
In addition, jurors may ask for creative additions to these parameters; letter of apology, essays, help with repairs, etc. Restitution to the victim for any financial loss is mandatory.

Susan Sackett-Danpullo
Deputy Prosecuting Atty.
Thurston County Prosecutor's Office
P. O. Box 3400
420 College Street SE
Lacey, WA98509-3400
Phone: (360) 412-9278
Fax: (360) 459-3010
sdanpull@ci.lacey.wa.us

We have not set a minimum or maximum number for Community Service Hours. However, we have a mandatory two juror terms.

Olivia Harrington
Teen Court Coordinator
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
Phone: (972) 780-5063
Fax: (972) 780-6463
oharrington@ci.duncanville.tx.us

The minimum of community service hours per case is 8, and maximum is 64. We have a discipline grid:

Class 1 8-22
Class 2 18-32
Class 3 28-46
Class 4 42-64

If there are multiple cases that happen at the same time the hours could go higher. Our record # is 182 and he completed in his 90 days.

Bruce Steinmetz
Program Supervisor
City of Eugene
870 Berntzen Road
Eugene, OR 97402
Phone: (541) 682-6376
Fax: (541) 682-8192
bruce.h.steinmetz@ci.eugene.or.us

For misdemeanors: community service 10 - 30 hours, jury duty 1 - 3 nights. Most of our cases fall here. For alcohol and marijuana (violations, not crimes, in Oregon) 10 - 20 hours, 1 - 3 nights. Plus mandated drug/alcohol programs. For minor non-criminal violations (curfew, noise complaint, tobacco): 2 –10 hours, 1-2 nights. We see few of these.

Isadora Asch
Napa County Juvenile Probation
2350 Old Sonoma Road
Napa, CA 94559
Phone: (707) 253-6080
Fax: (707) 253-6098
Iasch@co.napa.ca.us

In Napa County, the maximum number of community service hours a defendant can be sentenced to is 40. There is no minimum. 2 jury services are automatically part of the sentence upon acceptance into the program. If defendants want to come back and serve jury duty after they complete all sentence requirements, they are encouraged to do so once their case is successfully closed.

Michele Brink-Gluhosky
Coordinator
Pennington County State's Attorney's Office
300 Kansas City Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-6909
michellebg@co.pennington.sd.us

COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS -Minimum of 5 hours

1. If the defendant CHOOSES to attend a class that they have not been sentenced, they may receive community service credit:
2. If the defendant works for an individual who is elderly or disabled, they may receive double community service credit. (must be pre- approved by Coordinator and Parent)

Saeed Saber
Coordinator/Probation Officer
Kitsap County Juvenile Department
1338 Old Clifton Road, SW
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone: (360) 337-5443
Fax: (360) 337-5404
ssaber@co.kitsap.wa.us

Our standard range for Diversion is 0-150 hours of CSW. We have broken down the #'s and categorized by the severity of the crimes (usually under 50 hrs.). The jury can specifically allow 3 hours of CSW to be served as juror.

Faye Hall
Teen Court Coordinator
P.O. Box 27
35 W. Chatham Coord.
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: (919) 542-4781
Fax: (919) 542-0563
fayehalljtpa@mindspring.com

The Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action Agency, Inc. operates Teen Court programs in Orange and Chatham counties. We use the following information in both counties:

Level 1 Offense: 10-15 hours of community service and 1-3 jury duties;
Level 2 Offense: 15-25 hours of community service and 3-5 jury duties;
Level 3 Offense: 25-40 hours of community service and 5-7 jury duties.

Ellen Suni
Director
UMKC School of Law
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Phone: (816) 235-2372
Fax: (816) 235-5276
SuniE@umkc.edu

We do not technically have a minimum community service requirement, but I require that before a recommendation of 5 hours or less is made, the attorneys have to clear it with me. Our maximum community service sentence is 50 hours. We do not have juries.

Susan Wooster
Teen Court Coordinator
Arvada Municipal Court
8101 Ralston Road
Arvada, CO 80002
Phone: (303) 421-2550
Fax: (303) 431-3906
swooster@justice.ci.arvada.co.us

12-60 hours of community service, 0-4 jury panels.

Jason Bergstrand
Youth Court Coordinator
c/o Lutheran Social Services
1325 11th Street So.
Fargo, ND 58103
Phone: (701) 271-3253
Fax: (701) 235-7359
Jbergstrand@lssnd.org

We do a minimum of 10 hours community service with a maximum of 30 hours. We do a minimum of 2 jury sessions with a maximum of 4 sessions, plus the orientation training.

Jill Diedrick
Coordinator
Family Services
P.O. Box 22308
Green Bay, WI 54305-2308
Phone: (920) 436-4360
Fax: (920) 432-5966
fsteencourt@familyservicesnew.org

The Brown County Wisconsin Teen Court jury duty is 2-4 and the community service is 5-60 hours depending on the case. The Youth Court, which serves 8-11 year-olds, has 1-3 jury nights and 1-3 hours of service.

Susan Goettsch
Director
Granite Falls Boys & Girls Club
P. O. Box 781
Monroe, WA 98272
Phone: (360) 794-4775
Fax: (360) 794-0381
susangoettsch@hotmail.com

Most respondents receive one jury term to be completed within one month. Community service hours are from 1 hour - up to 10 or 15. We have few that receive the max. Most respondents receive between 5-10 hours to be completed in 60 days.

Scott Gage
Coordinator
P.O. Box 3425
Fayetteville, AR 72702
Phone: (501) 521-6809
Fax: (501) 444-1749
LSGage@compuserve.com

Community Service hours run anywhere from 5 to 80 hours generally. We probably average sentencing folks to between 20 to 30 hours.

We generally sentence them to from 1 to 4 nights of jury duty. I encourage my juries to either go heavier on the CS hours or some other sentencing option if they want to make their sentences stricter. I don't see the jury duties as being punishment but more of a reward. In fact, defendants are not scheduled for jury duty until they have completed all the other portions of their sentence. I really feel like no more than 2 nights of jury duty are needed. There may be some other opinions or insights on the jury duties and their benefits. I do see them more as a learning experience and not so much a punishment tool.

Karlene Peart
Coordinator
P.O. Box 2103
Layton, UT 84040
Phone: (801) 444-1746
JKPeart@aol.com

In the Layton Youth Court in Layton, Utah, the minimum hours we have given out were 5 and the maximum have been 120 hours.

James Craig
Peer Jury Coordinator
c/o Oak Lawn Police Department
9446 S. Raymond
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone: (708) 424-5323
Fax: (708) 424-5012
kidswrestling@juno.com

We have no set community service hour limits. We average about 25 hours. Some offenders get no hours but write papers. Others get no paper but the hours and of course some get both. We have had a high of 100 hours.

Sylvia Henry
Director
P.O. Box 1591
4401 Market Street, Suite B
Marianna, FL 32446
Phone: (850) 526-4496
Fax: (850) 526-3221
jctcinc@digitalexp.com

We have a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 4 jury duties that can be sanctioned to a defendant. We only have court twice a month, so the maximum of 4 is all that could be completed in a 60-day period. All of our sanctions are to be completed by the defendant in 30 to 60 days. We have a minimum of 10 hours of c/s and maximum of 50 hours c/s per charge. Usually, we do not exceed the 50 hours. However, once in a while we will have someone with multiple charges that the jury feels should have to work more than 50 hours.

Jayne Clarke
Coordinator
PO Box 804
Macomb, IL 61455
Phone: (309) 836-9208
Fax: (309) 836-8336
jayne@macomb.com

In Illinois the state maximum is 60 hours. Since we do community service in 5-hour sessions that is our minimum. 2 times on jury duty is our minimum. Also we do at least two cases each session so we sentence in increments of 2.

David Medvec
Teen Court Coordinator
2000 East Michigan
Orlando, FL 32806
Phone: (407) 836-9517
Fax: (407) 836-7599
ctaddm1@ocnjcc.org

Community service 15-100 hours. Jury evenings 2-12.

Debbi Davis
Investigator
Office of the State Attorney
18th Judicial Circuit
2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way #D
Melbourne, FL32940-6605
Phone: (407) 617-7510
Fax: (407) 617-7511
ddavis@state18.brenard.fl.us

Our minimum for CSW is 8 hours and the max is 80 hours (although rarely ordered); and 2 jury duties is minimum while 8 is max.

John Vanilla
Teen Court Coordinator
218 South 2nd Street
Ft. Pierce, FL 32950
Phone: (561) 785-5801
Fax: (561) 785-5803
johnv@co.st-lucie.fl.us

Sentencing options include 0-to 50 hrs of community service.

Elizabeth Walsh
Coordinator
c/o Allen Municipal Court
1 Butler Circle
Allen, TX 75013
Phone: (972) 727-0210
Fax: (972) 727-0104
lwalsh@ci.allen.tx.us

Class 1 - (8 - 16 service hours and 1 jury term)
Class 2 - (16 - 20 service hours and 2 jury terms)
Class 3 - (20 - 25 service hours and 2 jury terms)
Class 4 - (25 - 30 service hours and 3 jury terms)
Class 5 - (30 - 35 service hours and 3 jury terms)

Debra Snyder
Director
c/o Raytown Police Department
10000 East 59th Street
Raytown, MO 64133
Phone: (816) 737-6115
Fax: (816) 737-7001
snyderd@raytown.mo.us

Our range is a minimum of 4 hours and the maximum of 50 hours.

William Graham
Teen Court Moderator
1845 East Broadway., Ste. 8
Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone: (480) 966-0511
Fax: (480) 921-7413
DorothyTomkiewicz@mcjc.maricopa.gov

The range of community service hours that our youth juries can assign to defendants varies between 1 hour minimum and 32 hours maximum. The range of jury services is between 1 and 6 as the maximum since we must make sure that the defendant has enough time to complete these consequences in the 60-day time frame allowed.

Cory Fink
Juvenile Counselor II
Department of Juvenile Justice
600 Dover Street, Ste. 104
Easton, MD 21601
Phone: (410) 822-5010
Fax: (410) 822-5550
finkc@djj.state.md.us

Class I offenses are given 8-15 hours of community service and 1-2 jury duties
Class II = 16-24 hours of community service and 2-3 JD
Class III = 25-40 CS Hours and 2-3 JD
Class IV = 41 – 60 CS Hours and 3-4 JD

Stefanie Snyder
Peer Court Coordinator
c/o Boys & Girls Club of LaCrosse
1331 Clinton St.
LaCrosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 784-3345
Fax: (608) 782-3933
ssnyder@centurytel.net

The La Crosse County Peer Court Program located in La Crosse, Wisconsin can give the maximum of 40 hours of community service. We do not have a minimum, but I would say that we have never had anything lower than 5.

Shirley Zahn
Program Coordinator
504 Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Phone: (920) 236-1120
Fax: (920) 303-3030
szahn@co.winnebago.wi.us

Winnebago County uses the following minimum/maximum sentencing guidelines:

Jury Duty: 3-6 terms.
Community Service: 10-50 hrs.
Essay/Apology letter: 500-3000 words.

Megan McFadyen
Teen Court Program Director
c/o Cumberland Co. Dispute Resolution Center
155 Gillespie Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: (910) 486-9465
Fax: (910) 486-8369
bpeaceful@aol.com

We have 3 catagories:

Class A Jury Duties 4-6 CS hrs. 30-40
Class B 3-5 20-30
Class C 2-4 10-20

Liane Morgan
Youth Services Director
c/o Jackson Co. Circuit Court
312 South Jackson
Jackson, MI 49201
Phone: (517) 768-2778
Fax: (517) 788-4623
lmorgan@co.jackson.mi.us

Our community service hours range from 5-25 hours.

Stella Drenik
Program Coordinator
Restorative Justice Program
3101 North Michigan, Ste. C
Pittsburg, KS 66762
Phone: (620) 235-7118
Fax: (620) 235-7107
sdrenik@rjauthority.org

The judge who oversees our program won't allow more than 10 hours of community service maximum. He feels that it's too hard in our area to find community service work. If our defendants are 14 yrs. of age and older, they get jury duty: 3 is the maximum and they have to do at least 1 jury duty.

Danielle Malo
Assistant Coordinator
2508 SW 35th Place #B9
Gainesville, FL32608
Phone: (407) 592-7847
dream4anNsomniac@aol.com

Misdemeanor, 1 charge= 10 to 40 hours CS & 4 to 6 jury duties

Felony, 1 charge=50 to 80 hours CS and 4 to 6 jury duties minimums and maximums double for multiple charges.

Rosalyn Trumm
Teen Court Coordinator
1257 Golden Gate Dr., #11W
Papillion, NE 68046
Phone: (402) 593-2207
Fax: (402) 593-2212
rosalynt@sarpy.com

If community service hours are given, the jury may not require less than 10 hours or more than 60 hours. Defendants must be a juror at least once but may be required to be a juror for a maximum of 4 hearings.

Marcia Richgels-Hill
Iowa County Circuit Court
Courthouse
222 N. Iowa Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: (608) 935-0387
Fax: (608) 935-0386
teen.court@mail.iowacounty.org

Iowa County Teen Court has a minimum of 3 up to 8 jury terms and a minimum of 10 hours CS up to 40 hours.

Tosha L. Burkley
Assistant Executive Director
Youth Service Bureau of Wabash County
toshalb@hotmail.com

Our range is from 20 hours to 75 hours. Typically I see 20 hours of service being completed.

Bonnie Schaaf
Teen Court Coordinator
Youth Service Bureau
450 St. John Road, Suite 425
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: (219) 879-5151
Fax: (219) 879-6779
ysbmcbs@adsnet.com

Michigan City (Indiana) Teen Court has a worksheet, which determines a range of hours for each defendant based on their age and type of offense.

Molly Martin
Coordinator
2390 Main Avenue
Durango, CO 81301
Phone: (970) 259-1630
mmartin@durango.k12.co.us

We don't have minimums set. I really try and let the kids be creative, except when it comes to jury duty. There is a minimum of 1x as a future juror. CS hours have been anywhere from 2 - 10 hours. My kids have a hard time with community service. They really don't see the value in it, so I really have to push them to assign it.

Kyla Remsburg
Co-Director
Bonneville County Youth Court
883 Shoup Ave
Idaho Falls, ID83402
Phone: (208) 528-5600
Fax: (208) 528-5608
kremsbur@co.bonneville.id.us

We have no set minimum or maximum number of hours that may be ordered. However, our judges have gone as far as not ordering any hours in a small number of cases, to a high of 120 hours in several cases. As supervisors we advise our representatives to take all aspects of the youths lives into consideration before deciding how many hours to order, and to be sure the youths will be able to succeed in completing the number of hours given. The Youth Court will not fulfill its purpose if the youths feel they cannot accomplish what has been requested of them.

Regina Decker
Deputy Director of Prevention Services
6th Judicial District Community Services
120 S. National, 3rd Floor
Fort Scott, KS66701
620-223-1120
Fax: 620-223-6153
reginadecker@hotmail.com

Our court allows for a minimum of 5 hours (for status offenses) and a maximum of 50 (for A misdemeanor), for each offense.

Amy Goerlinger
Coordinator
811 Harding Street
Waupaca, WI 54981
Phone: (715) 258-6450
Fax: (715) 258-6209
wcteencourt@hotmail.com

We do not have a minimum for community service hours; our maximum is 40 hours. Jury duty is mandatory and offenders are sentenced to 2, 3 or 4 jury terms.

Gaby Valle
Coordinator
c/o County Attorney's Office
500 East San Antonio, Room 503
El Paso, TX 79924
Phone: (915) 546-2082
Fax: (915) 543-3802
GabyV@ca-co.el-paso.tx.us

We have four classes of offenses beginning with class I, our community service hours range from min 10-38 hrs 2 jury terms, class II 20-50 hrs 2 jury terms, class III 30-66 hrs 2-3 jury terms, class IV 40-80 hrs 3-4 jury terms.

Eric Watkins
Coordinator
Youth Services Unit
Owego Police Department
Owego, NY 13827
Phone: (607) 687-2233
Fax: )607) 687-2235
juvenile@stny.rr.com

The Owego Youth Court has a sentencing range of 0-100 hours depending on the severity of the offense, which can range from violations to felonies (non-violent and non-serious drug offenses). Typical sentences range from 15-40 hours. We initially had a mandatory jury-time sentence but we dropped that due to the fact that cases can be several months apart and diversion must be completed within 120 days.

Evelyn Kirbach-Williams
Lee County Teen Court
Ewilliams@ca.cjis20.org

Lee County Teen Court has 2 classes:

"A" 4 - 25 Community Service Hours 2 - 6 Jury Duties
"B" 26 - 50 Community Service Hours - 3 - 6 Jury Duties

Nathan Miller
Probation Officer
Wright County Court Services
10 2nd St, NW Rm 141
Buffalo, MN 55313
Phone: (763) 682-7712
nathan.miller@co.wright.mn.us

We allow a range from zero to 20 hours of community service, which us usually completed on our work crew.

Andrea Williams
Coordinator
Charlotte County Justice Center
350 East Marion Ave.
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Phone: (941) 637-2281
Fax: (941) 637-2283

The minimum for Charlotte County is 8 hours of community service 1 jury duty. The maximum is 50 hours of community service and 5 jury duties.

Kimberley Barrows
Youth Court Coordinator
Clinton County Youth Bureau
Old Courthouse, 3rd Floor
137 Margaret Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: (518) 565-4750
Fax: (518) 565-4775
BarrowsK@co.clinton.ny.us

Our Youth Court Members sentence youthful offenders to 10-40 hours of community service, ten being the minimum and 40 being the max. They also sentence offenders to complete 1-2 jury duties. One is required but two is the max. We instituted a policy in April by which any offender completing the program has the option of remaining a juror until the next available member training. We have had two take advantage of that new option this quarter. It keeps them active and interested until the next training.

Wayne Pauluk
Teen Court Coordinator
1 South State
New Ulm, MN 56073
Phone: (507) 233-6620
Fax: (507) 233-6649
wayne.pauluk@co.brown. mn.us

We have suggested guidelines for each offense of 10-15 hrs community service, plus other terms specific to the offense. Since we then consider mitigating and aggravating circumstances, and we sometimes handle more than one offense in Teen Court, i.e. possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, we allow the jury to choose a sentence between 5 and 40 hrs. We can go from 0 to 60 hrs in special cases, but only with my approval, and we try to avoid those extremes.

Leslie Buhl
Teen Court Coordinator
Cedars Youth Services
770 North Corner, Ste. 410
Lincoln, NE 68505
Phone: (402) 437-8829
Fax: (402) 437-8848

Our jury is not required to sentence a youth to community service, although 90% of the time youth are required to complete community service. If the jury is sentencing a youth to community service, the minimum requirement is 10 hours and the maximum is 60 hours. Our jury also chooses where the youth is required to complete their community service.

Laurie Peterson
Youth Court Program Coordinator
100 Main Street, Suite 1
Salamanca, NY 14779
Phone: (716) 945-5392
Fax: (716) 945-1296
laurpe@sal.cattco.org

Community service: Minimum 5 hours Max. 30. Jury Duty-Minimum 1 Max 3 (although it is one 90% of the time)

Glenn Faison
Youth Program Director
The Dispute Settlement Center, Inc.
PO Box 61
Kenansville, NC 28349
Phone: (910) 275-0044
Fax: (910) 275-9999
g_faison@hotmail.com

Our community service hours range from 10-40 hours. Our Jury duties requirements range from 3-7.

Laura McFadden
Coordinator
Southern Ute Community Action Programs
PO Box 800
Ignacio, CO 81137
Phone: (970) 563-9235
Fax: (970) 563-4504
Lmcfadden7@hotmail.com

Community service requirements are between 1-10 hours. We have found that in such a small town work lasting more than 10 hours is very difficult to find and arrange. Jury duty minimum is 2, no maximum. It rarely goes beyond 8 though.

Christine Lundberg
Coordinator
P. O. Box 366
Springfield, OR 97477
Phone: (541) 747-0571
cklundberg@prodigy.net

Our minimum community service is 10 hours; our maximum is 30 hours for each offense. Our minimum jury duty is 1; maximum is 3 for each offense.

Tammy Hawkins
Teen Court Coordinator
Municipal Court
201 North Grant
Odessa, TX 79761
Phone: (915) 335-3352
Fax: (915) 335-5771
thawkins@ci.odessa.tx.us

2-6 Jury Duties, 10-60 hours of community service, letter of apology for theft and defensive driving course taught by a police officer if they are in a wreck. It is a 3-hour course.

Clever English
Polk County Teen Court
P.O. Box 9000, Drawer J-111
Bartow, FL 33831
Phone: (863) 534-4656
Fax: (863) 682-0402
CleverEnglish@polk-county.net

Our jurors typically assign 3 to 5 trials, which may be completed in only one or two sessions; however, sometimes they specify a # of "sessions" rather than "trials" - requiring them to appear for jury duty a specific # of times; No minimum or maximum used.

Cindy Johnson
Co-Coordinator
c/o Municipal Court of Rio Rancho
P.O. Box 15190
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Phone: (505) 891-5995
Fax: (505) 891-5990
cjohnson@ci.rio-rancho.nm.us

Here in Rio Rancho our sentencing guidelines start with a minimum of 15 hours and a maximum of 50 hours. However, I instruct the jurors that these are guidelines and if they feel that the respondent needs less or more they can do so. Our jurors generally lean to the lower end of the scale.

Mark MacDonald
Juvenile Officer
100 Marley Street
St. Ignace, MI 49781
Phone: (906) 643-7319
Fax: (906) 643-7302
p49@voyager.net

Ours is 5 to 50 hours.

Nikki Lind
Youth Court Coordinator
8th Judicial District
PO Box 127
Abilene, KS 67410
Phone: (785) 263-3054
Fax: (785) 263-4407
nmarcotte8th@hotmail.com

Up to 25 hours of CSW, up to 2 jury obligations. No minimums.

Veronica Rico
Coordinator
Riverside Sheriff-Lake Elsinore
333 Limited
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
Phone: (909) 245-3332
Fax: (909) 245-3311
Vrico@rc-lawnet.org

The minimum jury duty is 2 and the maximum is 4. The minimum community service hours are 20 and the maximum is 80.

Susan Altamore Carusi
Coordinator
City Court of Glen Cove
13 Glen Street
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Phone: (516) 671-0746
Fax: (516) 676-1570
susanaltamore@sprintmail.com

In Glen Cove, our range of hours for community service is 0 to 100, though the highest anyone has received is 60 hours.

Ramon Velazquez
Lead Case Manager
The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
PO Box 28
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Phone: (805) 963-1433
Fax: (805) 963-4022
ecue@cadasb.org

Santa Barbara Teen Court sentencing options are based on the premise that the client will have 90 days to complete the conditions of the contract signed after the peer review hearing. Theoretically the range for community service is 5 to 100 hours. The range for Jury Duty is 3 to 12 nights. Twelve nights would mean the client must attend Jury Duty every week for the duration of the 90-day contract. I have attached a sentencing guideline with this document. Please call if you have any questions.

Rebecca LaFleur
Director
P.O. Box 2812
Silver City, NM 88062
Phone: (505) 538-8085
Fax: (505) 538-8085
lafleur@zianet.com

Teen Court of Grant County (New Mexico)

Class I - Traffic Offenses 8-32 hours of community service and 2 to 4 nights of jury duty plus a 3-hour Danger Awareness Program

Class II - shoplifting, trespass, public affray, battery, etc. 16-48 hours of community service and 3-5 nights of jury duty plus the Choices Program (Parent also required to attend

Class III - alcohol and drug related offenses 32-68 hours of community service and 4-8 nights of jury duty plus either the Alcohol Awareness Program (Parent required to attend) or a Family Assessment

Pam Troia
Teen Court Coordinator
50 Maryland Avenue
Judicial Center - 5th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (240) 777-7388
Fax: (240) 777-7413
Troiap@co.mo.md.us

Our community service hours range from 8-60 and jury duty is from 1-4 cases. The teens have 60 days to comply.

Nancy Anne Livingston
Teen Court Coordinator
330 Court Street
Eagle River, WI 54521
Phone: (715) 479-3749
Fax: (715) 479-1978
nancy.livingston@ces.uwex.edu

County uses between 8 and 40 hours of community service, we do not have a jury so there are no jury terms assigned!

Shonda Houston
Teen Court Coordinator
900 Jordan Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: (318) 425-4413
Fax: (318) 227-0208
ShondaH@shreve.net

Our minimum # of hours is 4 and the maximum # is 48. Of course, these apply to the type of offense. On average the youth are sentenced to about 20-25 hours.

Keith Hickman
Director
Center for Court Innovation
170 East 121st Street
New York, NY 10035
Phone: (212) 360-4100
Fax: (212) 397-0985
khickman@courts.state.ny.us

At the Harlem Community Justice Center, community service hours range from 5 - 25 hours, with the average being 10 hours.

Thomas Moore
Director
110 North Apopka Avenue
Inverness, FL 34450
Phone: (352) 637-9860
Fax: (352) 637-9857
teencourt@clerk.citrus.fl.us

The Citrus County FL, Teen Court has sentencing guidelines for A, B, C, D & F (felony) offenses. Class A, 8-24 hrs. 4-8 jury duties. Class B, 20-26 hrs. 6-10 jd. Class C, 32-48 hrs. 6-12 jd. Class D, 40-60 hrs. 8-12 jd. Class F, 60-80 hrs. 10-14 jd. A class F offense may be increased or decrease by 10% but the jury must state their reasons in writing for doing so.

Angie Dial
Teen Court Coordinator
Family Centered Services
123 S. Marion Street
Bluffton, IN 46714
Phone: (260) 824-8574
Fax: (260) 824-2790
WellsTeenCourt@yahoo.com

The policy for Wells County Teen Court is that the juries may disposition the juvenile to 4 - 50 hours of community service and are required to assign 1 jury duty with the option to give a maximum of 3. The maximum of 50 hours of community service and 3 jury duties were set as a reasonable guide for the jury in determining an appropriate disposition to be completed within 90 days. Each juvenile offender who participates in Teen Court is required to perform a minimum of 1 jury duty to heighten their awareness of how the system works and to give them the opportunity to be involved in the program on a positive and educational level. The minimum of 4 community service hours helps to increase productivity for those who welcome our offenders into their agency. We want to make it worth their while to train/orient the juvenile in the tasks that need to be completed.

Adelita Grijalva
Program Manager
Pima Prevention Partnership
330 North Commerce Park, #160
Tucson, AZ 85745
Phone: (520) 884-8799
Fax: (520) 884-8820
adelita_g@yahoo.com

At Pima County Teen Court in Tucson, AZ we give a maximum of 10 hours of community service (service that we arrange and sponsor) and a max of three jury duties (jury duty lasts from 8:30-12noon 2-3 Saturdays/month).

Pam Daniels
County Clerk
Snohomish County
M/S #605, 3000 Rockefeller Ave.
Everett, WA98201-4046
Phone: (425) 388-3583
Fax: (425) 388-3806
pam.daniels@co.snohomish.wa.us

In Snohomish County, Washington - our "traffic" courts' Community Service Hours are based on # of miles over the speed limit: 8 - 67 hours. Other common infractions are all 14 hours (e.g., failure to stop/yield; failure to yield right -of-way; improper lane travel; no turn signal; following too close; speed too fast for conditions). If the infraction took place in a clearly marked construction zone or school zone, the number of community service hours is doubled.

Jessica Olson
Program Coordinator
Community Corrections Improvement Association
1630 1st Avenue, NE, Ste. 200
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Phone: (319) 369-4937
Fax: (319) 398-3684
jessica.olson@doc.state.ia.us

For Peer Court, we have a range of 0 - 60 hours community service. Two jury duties are also mandatory, and the youth have the option to schedule more.

In Student Court, the community service range is 0 - 15 hours. One jury duty is mandatory, with more jury duties as an option.

Julie Deckard
Teen Court Program Manager
3505 North Washington Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone: (317) 920-5900
Fax: (317) 920-5912
jdeckard@reachforyouth.org

We have a minimum of 4 hours and maximum of 80 hours for Community Service and 1-3 jury sessions. Note that if an offender does not receive any sanctions they are required to complete 1 jury session.

Rick Kallenborn

Here in Elmira Youth Court we have a range that is 0-60 hours. We do have situations that allow us to sentence more than the guidelines. We also take into consideration the attitude and behavior of the client when the judges hand out a sentence. We use three juveniles as judges without a jury.

Shirley Santillana

1st time misd. 2nd time offender 1st time NV Felony

20-50 hrs. C.S. 50-100 hrs. C.S. 35-75 hrs. C.S.

3-5 jury 5-8 jury 4-6 jury

5 peer circle 5 peer circle 5 peer circle

In addition to the above mandatory, we also require that all students attend the 2 hr judicial awareness class prior to sitting on a jury and every parent and child regardless of the offense must attend our 2 hr. drug awareness class.

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