P. v. Rook CA6
In February 2014, defendant William Arthur Rook pleaded no contest to a number of offenses, including receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance, both felonies. The trial court sentenced defendant to a prison term of 32 months.
In April 2017, defendant filed a petition to have his felony convictions for receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance redesignated as misdemeanors pursuant to Proposition 47. The trial court granted the petition as to the controlled substance possession count, but denied it as to the receiving stolen property count.
On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred by denying his petition for redesignation of his receiving stolen property conviction, claiming that the court erred by concluding that the conviction was ineligible for Proposition 47 relief. For reasons that we will explain, we will affirm the trial court’s order.
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