Tribe: Crow Tribe of Montana
8A-8-102. Sentences.
An offender found guilty of an offense enumerated in Title 8B: Crow Criminal Code may
be sentenced by the court to one or more of the following penalties:
(1) Imprisonment for a period not to exceed the maximum permitted by the Crow Criminal Code section defining the offense.
(a) credit for time served in custody as a result of the charge for which the sentence was imposed shall be given to the defendant.
(b) imprisonment may be continuous or intermittent.
(c)imprisonment for multiple charges may be concurrent or consecutive, at the court’s
discretion.
(2) A money fine in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount permitted by the Crow Criminal Code
section defining the offense.
(a)
if the court determines that an offender is unable to immediately pay a fine or costs
provided for in Section 8-7-717, the court shall allow the offender a reasonable period of time in which to pay the
entire sum in installments.
(b)
offenders who default on payments to the court may be found in contempt, and punished
accordingly, but no person shall be held in contempt for failure to make payment if that person is determined by the
court to be indigent.
(c)
at the discretion of the court, an offender may elect to serve time in jail or perform
community service in lieu of paying fines. The amount to be credited against such fines shall be an amount deemed
appropriate by the Crow Tribal Court.
(3)
Commitment to an appropriate institution or program, either on or off the Crow Reservation, for care,
treatment, evaluation, instruction, or rehabilitation of the offender.
(a)
anyone receiving physical custody of a person sentenced by the Crow Tribal Court shall be acting solely as
an agent of the Crow Tribe and of the Crow Tribal Court.
(b)
jurisdiction over a person sentenced under this subsection shall be retained
by the Crow Tribal Judge.
(c)
no placement off of the Crow Reservation shall be valid unless the order is
signed by a Crow Tribal Judge.
(d)
any offender who is under this subsection in lieu of jail time who fails to
complete the requirements of such institution or program shall have incarceration reinstated by the Crow
Tribal Court.
(4)
The Crow Tribal Court may order restitution to a victim of an offense for which the offender was
convicted. Restitution may take the form of surrender of property, payment of money damages, or the performance
of an act benefiting the injured party.