Legal Opinion

People v. Casillas

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided July 26, 2017No. F071951PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDetjen, Acting P.J.

*747Defendant Omar Casillas appeals from a postjudgment order denying his 2015 petition to reduce a 2006 felony conviction to a misdemeanor conviction pursuant to Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (hereafter Proposition 47 or the Act). The trial court denied the petition on the grounds that he had been convicted of a "super strike" offense in 2013. Defendant contends the order must be reversed because the 2013 conviction does not constitute a "prior" conviction within the meaning of Proposition 47. We disagree and affirm the order.

*748BACKGROUND

In 2006, defendant pled nolo…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Delaney v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. WoodheadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
  3. People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
  4. People v. CoronadoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  5. People v. BanksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by4 opinions

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