P. v. Richards CA4/2
Defendant and appellant, Matthew Chris Richards, pleaded no contest to one count of unlawfully taking a vehicle in violation of Vehicle Code section 10851, subdivision (a). Subsequently, California voters enacted Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which, among other things, established a procedure for specified classes of offenders to have their felony convictions reduced to misdemeanors and be resentenced accordingly. (Pen. Code, § 1170.18.)
In a previous nonpublished opinion, we affirmed the trial court’s denial of defendant’s petition for resentencing pursuant to Proposition 47. (People v. Richards (Feb. 28, 2017, E065398) [nonpub. opn.].) In the instant case, at the direction of the California Supreme Court, we reconsider the matter in light of People v. Page (2017) 3 Cal.5th 1175 (Page). For the reasons stated below, we affirm the trial court’s order denying defendant’s petition without prejudice to consideration of a subsequent petition provid
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