P. v. Quintero CA6
Defendant David Stephen Quintero appeals from an order denying his request to reduce his 2012 sentence by striking the prior prison term enhancements imposed under Penal Code section 667.5, subdivision (b) (hereafter, section 667.5(b)). Defendant contends that the trial court should have struck the enhancements because the crimes underlying those convictions have been redesignated as misdemeanors pursuant to section 1170.18 following the passage of Proposition 47. We conclude that Proposition 47 does not apply retroactively to require the striking of a properly imposed prison prior enhancement when the conviction underlying the enhancement is subsequently reduced to a misdemeanor. We must therefore affirm the order.
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