People v. Lopez CA3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 29, 2016C080176California560 words

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Filed 9/29/16 P. v. Lopez CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Yolo) ----

THE PEOPLE, C080176

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. CRF113497)

v.

ALEJANDRO LOPEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

“On November 4, 2014, the voters enacted Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (hereafter Proposition 47), which went into effect the next day. (Cal. Const., art. II, § 10, subd. (a).)” (People v. Rivera (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1085, 1089.) Proposition 47 created a resentencing provision, codified at Penal Code section 1170.18,1 which provides that a person currently serving a sentence for certain designated felonies may petition for recall of the sentence to reduce the felony to a misdemeanor.…

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