Except as provided in Section 799, prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for eight years or more or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for eight years or more shall be commenced within six years after commission of the offense.
Cal. Penal Code § 800
Time of Commencing Criminal Actions
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 37 - Baxter v. Cal. State Teachers' Ret. Sys. (2017)
Most recently applied in 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 37 - Baxter v. Cal. State Teachers' Ret. Sys. (December 2017)
Amended (as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 24) by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex
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