Warren

*903 Appellant Guy Barrett Warren pleaded no contest to three offenses arising from an incident in which he brandished a gun. He received a seven-year sentence that included four one-year enhancements under Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b). 1 Each enhancement was based on a prior felony conviction and its associated prison term.

Warren argues that one of the enhancements was imposed erroneously because the prior offense on which it was based had been reclassified as a misdemeanor pursuant to Proposition 47 before sentencing, and therefore no longer qualified as the basis of an enhancement under section 667.5, subdivision (b). We agree.

The other three enhancements were based on prior felonies that have not been reclassified. Warren argues that these should be reversed as well. He contends that the so-called washout provision of section 667.5, subdivision (b), applies because still other prior felonies were reduced to misdemeanors under Proposition 47, with the result that there was a period exceeding five years following the unreclassified felonies during which he was free of felony convictions. The People argue that the washout provision does not apply because prior…