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Penal Code § 1049.5

CHAPTER 8. Formation of the Trial Jury and theCalendar of Issues for Trial

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1049.5Official source ↗

Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 115, Sec. 21.

In felony cases, the court shall set a date for trial which is within 60 days of the defendant’s arraignment in the superior court unless, upon a showing of good cause as prescribed in Section 1050, the court lengthens the time. If the court, after a hearing as presecribed in Section 1050, finds that there is good cause to set the date for trial beyond the 60 days, it shall state on the record the facts proved that justify its finding. A statement of facts proved shall be entered in the minutes.