Legislation

Assembly Bill No. 1950 applies retroactively to reduce the maximum term of probation in cases not yet final, unless the defendant's conviction comes within an exception set forth in Penal Code section 1203.1. Schultz entered a plea to driving under…

An ameliorative statute applies to all nonfinal cases, including those in which a defendant is placed on probation, with imposition of sentence suspended, and where no appeal is filed until after probation is revoked and sentence imposed. In 2014, defendant…