Texas Sentencing is a tool for all Judges and Lawyers to use when seeking to represent clients and to administer justice. Adding to the complexity of sentencing law is the concept that any legislative changes are applicable only to offenses committed on or after the effective date of that change. As the criminal justice system has been adjusted, there have been numerous small changes made (such as whether probation is automatic for state jail felonies, involving 4 different sets of rules) each of which is applicable only for offenses committed while that law was in effect. This means that we are currently operating under several sets of sentencing laws. A judge and lawyers often spend a morning in court dealing with two or three sets of laws that apply to the same offense, depending on the date of its commission. Texas Sentencing will simplify and clarify sentencing for both the Judge and lawyer alike.