Section 1170.3.  


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  • The Judicial Council shall seek to promote uniformity in sentencing under Section 1170 by:

    (a) The adoption of rules providing criteria for the consideration of the trial judge at the time of sentencing regarding the court's decision to:

    (1) Grant or deny probation.

    (2) Impose the lower, middle, or upper prison term.

    (3) Impose concurrent or consecutive sentences.

    (4) Determine whether or not to impose an enhancement where that determination is permitted by law.

    (b) The adoption of rules standardizing the minimum content and the sequential presentation of material in probation officer reports submitted to the court.

    (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 256, Sec. 9) by Stats. 2011, Ch. 361, Sec. 10. Effective September 29, 2011. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 11 of Ch. 361.)