MS SB2206

Authorizes courts to set a date at sentencing for future review of the criminal sentence to determine if reduction is appropriate.

Allows courts on their own motion or upon eligible defendant motion to reduce or modify sentences found to be greater than necessary to achieve sentencing purposes, considering rehabilitation, punishment, deterrence, and public safety.

Establishes eligibility requirements including: felony conviction with Department of Corrections custody, serving at least one-third of minimum sentence (or 8 years for consecutive sentences), minimum 10-year aggregate sentence, more than 2 years from conditional release, and exclusion for crimes of violence or offenses involving serious physical injury.

Requires motions be decided by the original sentencing judge or another judge from that court if unavailable, and denies defendants the right to waive this relief as part of plea agreements.

Permits defendants denied relief to file new motions after three years and provides a right of appeal from orders denying modification requests.