P v. Grizzell
Defendant Jason Grizzell appeals from the trial court order denying his application pursuant to Proposition 47 and Penal Code section 1170.18 to reduce his prior conviction for grand theft of a firearm (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (d)) from a felony to a misdemeanor. The issues at the hearing centered around who had the burden of proof, whether the “conviction” was for one firearm or four firearms, and whether the value of the firearm(s) exceeded $950, thereby making defendant ineligible for reduction to a misdemeanor. It is unclear from the record whether the trial court had the entire file concerning the grand theft conviction or portions of it, or what it reviewed. In addition, the trial court made no factual findings concerning the value of the stolen firearm(s).At defendant’s request, we ordered augmentation of the appellate record to include the record from the theft case. A review of that record tends to support defendant’s claim he was convicted of stealing a single fi
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