People v. Douglas

*88Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

This case calls on us to interpret Penal Code section 1238,1 which governs appeals by the People in criminal cases. Specifically, we must determine whether, under that statute, the People were authorized to appeal a superior court’s order, made immediately after imposition of sentence was suspended and probation granted, declaring an alternative felony-misdemeanor offense (i.e., a “wobbler”) to be a misdemeanor under section 17, subdivision (b)(3). We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, the appeal was authorized as from “[a]n order made after judgment,…