What is the test for a conviction of a misdemeanor under the Criminal Code Act?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Call, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 135, 9 Cal.App.5th 856 (Cal. App. 2017):

People v. Lynall (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1102, 1108-1109, 183 Cal.Rptr.3d 129.) Insofar as is pertinent here, it also provided a mechanism by which a person who completed his or her sentence for a conviction of a felony that was made a misdemeanor by the Act, could apply to the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction and have the felony offense designated as a misdemeanor. ( 1170.18, subds. (f), (g).)

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