- (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if a law sets a maximum and a minimum penalty for a crime, the court may impose instead of the minimum penalty a lesser penalty of the same character.
(b) This section does not affect:
- (1) a maximum penalty fixed by law; or
- (2) the punishment for any crime for which the statute provides one and only one penalty.
Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002.
Formerly Art. 27, § 643.