Banda
People v. Banda
Opinion
lead Opinion
Zelon, J.
Michael Banda was convicted of a violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11358 in 2016. After the passage of Proposition 64, he petitioned for dismissal of his conviction. The court denied his petition. We now reverse, and remand to the trial court.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Michael Banda was arrested on March 8, 2016 when police arrived at a marijuana dispensary. According to the probation report, which was the only description of the events cited to the trial court on the motion, Banda and another man were stopped fleeing the store; when police searched the location, they found processed marijuana in the store and a number of plants under cultivation in an attached room. Although Banda told the police he was engaged in *66 construction at, and resided at, a specified address, the report did not identify that, or any other address, as the address of the dispensary.
Banda was charged on March 10, 2016 with cultivation of marijuana, a felony. ( Health & Saf. Code, § 11358.) 1 On that date, he entered a plea of guilty, with an agreed to disposition; defense counsel stipulated to a factual basis for the plea based on the police report. 2 He was sentenced to probation in accordance…