P. v. Perez CA6
In December 2014 defendant Lauren Perez pleaded guilty to two felony offenses: unlawfully driving or taking a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a); count 1) and buying or receiving a stolen motor vehicle (Pen. Code, § 496d, subd. (a); count 2). Defendant admitted she had a prior conviction that qualified as a “strike” (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12) and admitted that she had served a prior prison term (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). The trial court subsequently dismissed the strike allegation, struck the prior prison term allegation, suspended imposition of sentence, and placed defendant on probation for three years.
In August 2016, defendant filed a petition to redesignate both of her felony convictions as misdemeanors pursuant to section 1170.18, subdivision (f), which was enacted by Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. (Prop. 47, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 4, 2014), eff. Nov. 5, 2014.) The trial court denied the petition on the ground that n
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