People v. Superior Court of Orange County

Opinion

IKOLA, J.

The People petitioned for a writ • of mandate ordering the respondent court to vacate its ruling reducing the felony charges against Alireza Jalalipour to misdemeanors and we issued an order to show cause. We hold that, unless the People consent to a reduction of the charged offense, the establishment of defendant’s guilt, whether by plea or trial, must precede *1202a court’s reduction of a wobbler to a misdemeanor under Penal Code section 17, subdivision (b)(3).1 We also hold that, in the absence of the People’s consent, the court’s reduction of the charged felonies to…