Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.431 · Division 5. Felony Sentencing Law
Proceedings at sentencing to be reported
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
All proceedings at the time of sentencing must be reported.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 4.431 amended effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 431 effective July 1, 1977; previously renumbered effective January 1, 2001.
Advisory Committee Comment
Reporters' transcripts of the sentencing proceedings are required on appeal (rule 8.320, except in certain cases under subdivision (d) of that rule), and when the defendant is sentenced to prison (section 1203.01).
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/four/rule4_431
- Text hash
- sha256 5d9f551a61fc63633c431cd9ec817717d759da94e940af79055c451e6f892e6d
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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