SB 1242: Sentencing: misdemeanors.

Existing law provides that every offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail up to or not exceeding one year is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 364 days.

This bill would make that provision retroactive, whether or not the case was final on January 1, 2015. The bill would also authorize a person who was sentenced to a term of one year prior to January 1, 2015, to submit an application before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in the case to have the term of the sentence modified to the maximum term of 364 days.