Probation: mandatory termination of period of probation.

Exiting law defines probation as the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence and the order of conditional and revocable release in the community under the supervision of a probation officer. Existing law prescribes who is eligible for probation and the process by which probation is granted. Existing law authorizes a court to terminate the period of probation and discharge the probationer at any time when the ends of justice will be subserved, and when the good conduct and reform of the person so held on probation warrant it. This bill would instead require the court to terminate the period of probation and discharge the probationer at any time when the ends of justice will be subserved, and when the good conduct and reform of the person so held on probation warrant it. The bill would authorize the court to consider specified factors, among others, in determining whether to terminate the period of probation for good conduct and reform of the person so held on probation.