Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 905.5 - Mitigating circumstancesThe following shall be considered mitigating circumstances:
(a) The offender has no significant prior history of criminal activity;(b) The offense was committed while the offender was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance;(c) The offense was committed while the offender was under the influence or under the domination of another person;(d) The offense was committed under circumstances which the offender reasonably believed to provide a moral justification or extenuation for his conduct;(e) At the time of the offense the capacity of the offender to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was impaired as a result of mental disease or defect or intoxication;(f) The youth of the offender at the time of the offense;(g) The offender was a principal whose participation was relatively minor;(h) Any other relevant mitigating circumstance.Added by Acts 1976, No. 694, §1.Added by Acts 1976, No. 694, §1.