At sentencing and resentencing, the court often needs to understand what makes an individual defendant unique — the life circumstances, developmental history, and situational factors that contributed to the offense, and what has changed since. A forensic psychological evaluation provides that account on a defensible evidentiary basis.

Dr. Maddux is retained in adult sentencing and juvenile delinquency matters, and is sought by New York attorneys for cases under the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), under which resentencing is possible where domestic violence significantly contributed to the examinee’s offense — a definition that, for these purposes, includes child maltreatment. He also evaluates in juvenile-to-adult resentencing matters governed by Miller and Graham, and in New Jersey by State v. Zuber and State v. Comer.

Contact Dr. Maddux to discuss a sentencing or resentencing matter.