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Cal. Penal Code § 1203b (2026)

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All courts shall have power to suspend the imposition or execution of a sentence and grant a conditional sentence in misdemeanor and infraction cases without referring such cases to the probation officer. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, persons granted a conditional sentence in the community shall report only to the court and the probation officer shall not be responsible in any way for supervising or accounting for such persons.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1956–1998 · leading case: People v. Mun. Court, 303 P.2d 375 (Cal. Ct. App. 1956).
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People v. Mun. Court, 303 P.2d 375 (Cal. Ct. App. 1956). · cites it 2× “” (Pen. Code, § 1203b.) Reporting and supervision are not, however, dispensed with.”
People v. Brown, 357 P.2d 1072 (Cal. 1960). “) The court may grant probation summarily (Pen. Code, § 1203b) to the misdemeanant or permit him to *75 serve time on weekends or at times when he is not working.”
People v. Soto, 166 Cal. App. 3d 770 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “(a)) and entails the defendant reporting only to the court (Pen. Code, § 1203b), usually where, as here, he commits a subsequent ofíense.”
People v. Bishop, 11 Cal. App. 4th 1125 (Cal. Ct. App. 1992). “*1132 In 1981, Penal Code section 1203b was amended to delete the language which had authorized the court to “grant probation summarily,” and substitute language authorizing it to “suspend sentence and grant conditional and revocable release in the community.”
United States v. Collins, 28 F. Supp. 2d 1114 (N.D. Cal. 1998). “The court’s role is made explicit in California Penal Code § 1203b which states that “[u]nless otherwise ordered by the court, persons granted a conditional sentence in the community shall report only to the court.”
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