Does section 17, subdivision (b)(1)(1) of the California Criminal Code apply to a defendant who entered into a criminal conviction at the moment he entered his guilty plea?

Those cases which the People cite for the proposition that respondent had suffered a felony conviction at the moment he entered his guilty plea, regardless of subsequent events, do not address section 17, subdivision (b)(1). Rather, those cases concern whether a felony conviction occurs upon the defendant's guilty plea or verdict in a prior felony conviction. In People v. Rhoads (1990) 221 Cal.App.3d 56, 270 Cal.Rptr. 266, the defendant

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