The Defender Sentencing Guidelines Manual Annotated is a small companion to the Defender Plea, Sentencing, and Post-Conviction Book.The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual 2013-2014 contains the official guidelines of the federal criminal sentencing polices established by the United The presumptive sentence for any offender convicted of a felony committed on or after May 1, 1980, is determined by the Sentencing Guidelines in effect on Where the offender is under 18 and is being sentenced for one of the following offences, Part 7 of the SGC guideline applies: • Sexual activity with a child. The 2014 Guidelines Manual (effective November 1, 2014) is available in Adobe PDF formats (large file and broken into chapters), which can be viewed,