Penal Code § 18

Punishment of felony not otherwise prescribed

(a) Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any law of this state, every offense declared to be a felony is punishable by imprisonment for 16 months, or two or three years in the state prison unless the offense is punishable pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

(b) Every offense which is prescribed by any law of the state to be a felony punishable by imprisonment or by a fine, but without an alternate sentence to the county jail for a period not exceeding one year, may be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine, or by both.

History

Added Stats 1931 ch 483 § 2. Amended Stats 1953 ch 812 § 1; Stats 1957 ch 2262 § 1; Stats 1976 ch 1139 § 98, operative July 1, 1977; Stats 2011 ch 15 § 230 (AB 109), effective April 4, 2011, operative October 1, 2011; Stats 2011-2012 1st Ex Sess ch 12 § 7 (ABX1 17), effective September 21, 2011, operative October 1, 2011.

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