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Resentencing in California: Update Following the Enactment of AB 1540

            On October 8, 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1540, which replaced the resentencing provision of California Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) with section 1170.03.[1] Section 1170.03, which went into effect on January 1, 2022, contains groundbreaking revisions that promise to vastly improve the trajectory of resentencing in California.