What is the range of options available to a defendant who is sentenced to county jail under the Realignment Act?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Hugo Joseph Camp, 182 Cal.Rptr.3d 628, 233 Cal.App.4th 461 (Cal. App. 2015):

Under the Realignment Act, qualified persons convicted of nonserious and nonviolent felonies are sentenced to county jail instead of state prison. [Citation.] Trial courts have discretion to commit the defendant to county jail for a full term in custody, or to impose a hybrid or split sentence consisting of county jail followed by a period of mandatory supervision. ( People v. Catalan (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 173, 178, 175 Cal.Rptr.3d 41.)

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