Criminal
Jan. 19, 2021
AB 1950 and case law provide benefits to probationers
The new law dramatically changes permitted probation periods for various levels of crimes.
Dmitry Gorin
Partner
Eisner Gorin LLP
Alan Eisner
Partner
Eisner Gorin LLP
Robert Hill
Associate
Eisner Gorin LLP
Under prior California law, misdemeanor criminal defendants could be lawfully placed on probation by a sentencing court for up to three years. This was known as informal, or summary, probation. Formal probation, on the other hand, applied to felony criminal defendants placed on probation and could technically extend up to the maximum confinement time in state prison for the relevant felony offense. In practice, however, terms of felony probation usually lasted between...
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