Section 13884 Of Chapter 9. California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 9.
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. (a) Each district attorney's office establishing a
California major narcotic vendors prosecution unit and receiving
state support under this chapter shall adopt and pursue the following
policies for the California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law
cases:
(1) All reasonable prosecutorial efforts shall be made to resist
the pretrial release of a charged defendant selected for prosecution
under the California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law.
(2) All reasonable prosecutorial efforts shall be made to persuade
the court to impose the most severe authorized sentence upon a
person convicted after prosecution under the California Major
Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law.
(3) All reasonable prosecutorial efforts shall be made to reduce
the time between arrest and disposition of charge against an
individual selected for prosecution under the California Major
Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law.
(b) The selection criteria set forth in Section 13883 shall be
adhered to for each California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law
case unless, in the reasonable exercise of prosecutor's discretion,
extraordinary circumstances require the departure from those policies
in order to promote the general purposes and intent of this chapter.