What if a criminal conviction had been reduced to a misdemeanor under section 17(b) of the California Penal Code?

But the trial court's statements at the Romero hearing give little cause to believe the court would have reduced the offense to a misdemeanor at sentencing. Between the Romero hearing and sentencing, defendant was arrested for possessing burglary tools and drug paraphernalia; he was also found driving on a suspended license. Under the circumstances, a different outcome was not probable. (See People v. Park (2013) 56 Cal.4th 782, 790 ["the court's exercise of discretion under [Penal Code] section 17(b) contemplates the imposition of misdemeanor punishment for a wobbler 'in those cases in which the rehabilitation of the convicted defendant either does not require, or would be

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