People v. Rouse

Opinion

GRIMES, J.

— We are asked to consider whether defendant and appellant Gary Lamont Rouse was denied a right to counsel at the resentencing hearing held on his petition brought pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.18 (hereafter section 1170.18). Section 1170.18 was enacted as part of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, adopted by California voters in November 2014 as Proposition 47 (Proposition 47). Proposition 47 reclassified certain drug- and theft-related offenses that were felonies or “wobblers” as misdemeanors, and provided a resentencing process for individuals who would have…