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Committee backs AB 321 to allow judges more time to reclassify "wobbler" offenses
Summary
AB 321, the Better Informed Decisions Act, would let judges reclassify wobbler crimes as felonies or misdemeanors after they have sufficient evidence and restrict subsequent rerequests to changed circumstances. The committee voted 5‑1 to send the bill to the Senate floor.
The Senate Public Safety Committee on Tuesday advanced Assembly Bill 321, titled the Better Informed Decisions Act, voting 5‑1 to send the measure to the Senate floor.
AB 321, sponsored by the San Francisco County Public Defender's Office and Californians for Safety and Justice and presented by Assemblymember R. Schultz, would allow superior court judges to classify wobbler offenses as felonies or misdemeanors once they have sufficient information, and would require any later request to reclassify a wobbler to demonstrate changed circumstances.
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