People v. Karaman

Opinion

GEORGE, J.

In this case we must decide whether a trial court loses jurisdiction over a defendant, and the power to modify the defendant’s sentence in a manner more favorable to the defendant, where the court has imposed a state prison sentence, has ordered a brief stay of execution of judgment in order to permit the defendant to put his or her personal affairs in order prior to commencement of execution of the sentence, and the clerk of the court has entered that sentence in the minutes of the court.

The district attorney contends the trial court loses jurisdiction to modify the…