FORM 8. (N.D.R.Crim.P.)

Obsolete Date: 3/1/1998

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN (COUNTY COURT) COUNTY OF _______ (DISTRICT COURT) (_______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT) The State of North Dakota, ) Plaintiff,) vs. ) Criminal No. _______ ) Defendant.) 

ORDER DEFERRING IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE UNDER CHAPTER 12-53, N.D.C.C.

On _______, 19__, _______ State's Attorney being present and the defendant having appeared in person [with] [without] _______ counsel, being the date fixed by the Court for pronouncement of judgment and sentence upon a [plea] [verdict] of Guilty of the offense of:

The defendant having been asked by the Court whether [she] [he] had any statement to make in [her] [his] own behalf or wished to present any information in mitigation of punishment or which would require the Court to withhold pronouncement of judgment and sentence, the Court having considered the same, and sufficient cause having been shown why judgment and sentence should not be pronounced.

IT IS ORDERED that imposition of sentence of the Defendant be deferred under the provisions of Section 12-53-13 of the North Dakota Century Code for a period of _______ commencing at 12:00 noon _______, 19___.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Defendant, during that period, be [on supervised probation subject to the supervision, management and control of the Board of Pardons and its officers and agents] [on unsupervised probation], and subject to the conditions set forth in the attached Appendix A, any violation of which may result in a revocation and termination of probation.

Dated at _______, North Dakota, _______, 19__.

BY THE COURT,

__________________________

Judge

Original to Court file with Appendix A attached

___ 1 Copy to Defendant

___ 1 Copy to Sheriff

___ 1 Copy to State's Attorney

___ 1 Copy to Parole/Probation Department, P.O. Box 5521,

Bismarck, ND 58502-5521--if on supervised probation

___ 1 Copy to Local Probation Officer--if on supervised probation

(See Form 9 for Appendix "A")