People v. Maynarich

Opinion

BAKER, J.

By plea of no contest to possessing three counterfeit $50 bills, defendant Heath Maynarich suffered a felony conviction for forgery, in violation of Penal Code section 475. Defendant petitioned to recall his sentence under Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and School Act of 2014, contending the amendments the proposition made to section 473 made him eligible for a reduction of his forgery conviction to a misdemeanor. The trial court denied defendant’s petition, concluding he was not eligible for a reduction because the counterfeit $50 bills he possessed were not “bank…