P. v. Garcia CA2/7
Defendant Anthony Daniel Garcia appeals from an order denying his petition for resentencing under the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act of 2014, which was enacted by the voters as Proposition 47 and reduces the penalty for some theft-related offenses from felonies to misdemeanors when the value of the stolen property does not exceed $950. (Pen. Code, §§ 490.2, 1170.18.) Garcia’s petition sought to reduce to a misdemeanor his felony conviction for obstructing or resisting an executive officer in violation of Penal Code section 69 (section 69). Garcia did not seek the reduction to misdemeanors of any of the three other felony convictions he suffered, one of which was for the unlawful taking or driving of a vehicle in violation of Vehicle Code section 10851 (section 10851). Nevertheless, in its order, the trial court referred to all four of Garcia’s felony convictions, not just the section 69 conviction that was subject of Garcia’s petition, and stated that none of the convic
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