P. v. Gatson CA4/2
In April 2014, defendant and appellant Jeanette Romie Gatson pleaded guilty to 37 felony counts of violating various provisions of the Penal and Health and Safety Codes, and admitted to five prison prior allegations (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)) and two alleged out-on-bail enhancements (§ 12022.1). The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of 15 years in state prison.
Subsequently, Gatson sought relief pursuant to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, enacted as Proposition 47 in the November 2014 election. The trial court granted Gatson some of the relief she requested, reducing 13 of the 37 convictions to misdemeanors, and striking an out-on-bail enhancement related to one of the reduced counts. The trial court denied the petition with respect to the remaining 24 counts and a second out-on-bail enhancement. It also denied Gatson’s request to dismiss four of the five prison prior enhancements on the basis that the underlying convictions had been reduced to misdemean
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