People v. Ramirez CA2/5

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

In 2014, defendant was convicted of two felonies in Los Angeles County, and granted probation. His probationary supervision was transferred to San Diego County in 2016, and he completed his probation there. In 2024, defendant initiated efforts to dismiss his convictions under section 1203.4, which generally allows for dismissal upon successful completion of probation. Defendant filed a petition in Los Angeles County, but the court denied the petition without prejudice because, in its view, defendant should have filed the petition in San Diego County, where he completed probation.

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

As the underlying facts are not in dispute and not relevant to the issues on appeal, we provide only a brief overview of the procedural background of defendant’s conviction.

2 So defendant filed his petition in San Diego County, but the trial court denied the petition—ostensibly because the prosecutor’s office opposed on the ground that Los Angeles County was “the proper venue” for defendant’s petition. Defendant re-filed his petition in Los Angeles County,3 but the trial…