P. v. Jimenez
Defendant Santos Luciano Jimenez pleaded no contest to possessing methamphetamine and admitted to a prior strike. The trial court imposed the low term of 16 months, doubled for the strike. On appeal, defendant challenges the trial court’s exercise of discretion in failing to reduce his conviction to a misdemeanor. He argues the trial court and his trial counsel failed to understand his possession conviction was a “wobbler,”which could be sentenced as a misdemeanor. He further contends his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to ask the court to reduce the offense to a misdemeanor. We conclude the challenge is forfeited on appeal, and the record cannot support a claim of ineffective assistance. We therefore affirm.
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