Gregor

Filed 8/12/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Shasta) ----

THE PEOPLE, C090171

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 10F7257)

v.

ANDREW LAWRENCE GREGOR,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Shasta County, Daniel E. Flynn, Judge. Affirmed.

Meredith Lee Fahn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Daniel B. Bernstein, Stephanie A. Mitchell, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

1 Defendant Andrew Lawrence Gregor, a naturalized citizen from Australia, pleaded guilty to a felony sex offense that was later reduced to a misdemeanor and dismissed after early termination of probation. After he was informed he was not able to sponsor his father for a family visa due to this conviction, defendant filed the instant motion pursuant to Penal Code section 1473.7 and sought to withdraw his plea claiming he was unable to…