Criminal procedure: narcotics and drug abuse cases.

Existing law provides that entry of judgment may be deferred with respect to defendants who are charged with certain enumerated crimes and meet certain criteria, including no prior convictions for any offense involving controlled substances and no prior felony convictions within the prior 5 years, as specified. Existing law requires the prosecuting attorney to review his or her file to determine whether those conditions apply to the defendant and, if the defendant is found ineligible for deferred entry of judgment, to file with a court a declaration stating the grounds upon which the determination is based. This bill would authorize the court, at the defendant's request, to review the prosecuting attorney's determination of ineligibility and would further authorize the court to make the final determination, as specified.