P. v. Phillips CA4/1
In February 2013, Matthew Phillips pled guilty to felony possession of a nonnarcotic controlled substance (methamphetamine) in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11377, subdivision (a) in Case No. SCD246245. In October 2013, Phillips pled guilty to felony possession of a controlled substance in violation of Health and Safety Code, section 11350, subdivision (a) in Case No. SCD239358. In November 2014, the voters enacted Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (Proposition 47) (Cal. Const., art. II, § 10, subd. (a)), which reduced certain crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and allowed a person convicted of one of those felonies before its passage to petition the court to reduce the felony conviction to a misdemeanor and be resentenced. In December 2015, Phillips successfully petitioned to have his felony convictions reduced to misdemeanors under Proposition 47.
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