In Re Caudillo

Opinion

TOBRINER, Acting C. J.

This case presents a narrow question of statutory interpretation arising under the Uniform Determinate Sen*626tencing Act (DSL), a statutory enactment which substantially revised the sentencing procedure and length of sentences with regard to many of California’s criminal offenses. Under the DSL, the Legislature directed the Community Release Board (CRB)1 to recompute and revise the terms of prisoners sentenced under the earlier Indeterminate, Sentence Law (ISL) to correspond to the terms that the prisoners would have received if the DSL had been in force at the time…