People v. McDowell

Opinion

RUBIN, J.

—Kedrene McDowell appeals from the judgment resentencing him to an overall prison term the same length as his previous plea-bargained sentence after the trial court granted his motion to reduce two of his several convictions to misdemeanors pursuant to Proposition 47. We affirm because Proposition 47 permits imposing a new sentence that equals the previous sentence and because the trial court did not abuse its discretion by doing so here.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 2012 McDowell pled no contest to six felony burglary counts (Pen. Code, § 459) and admitted the truth of…