People v. C.B.

Opinion

JENKINS, J.

—This is an appeal from a juvenile court order denying a request by defendant C.B. (minor) to expunge his DNA samples from the state’s database following the juvenile court’s grant of his simultaneous request to redesignate his admitted felony offense as a misdemeanor. Minor brought these requests under Penal Code section 1170.18, a measure enacted following passage of Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which reduced the classification of certain crimes from felony to misdemeanor.1 According to minor, his DNA samples should be expunged because, had his…