The official release documents the direct-file practice for most felony narcotics cases. It does not provide a complete 26th-and-California outcome dataset.
For at least two decades, most felony narcotics cases have been handled in this manner, with local police directly filing charges without the requirement to contact felony review.
Press release
The official release documents the direct-file practice for most felony narcotics cases. It does not provide a complete 26th-and-California outcome dataset.