California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wilson, F071778 (Cal. App. 2018):
Proposition 47 ( 1170.18), enacted by the electorate in November 2014, reclassified certain felony drug possession offenses as misdemeanors. (People v. Lynall (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1102, 1108; see 1170.18, subd. (i).) It also created a mechanism whereby a person convicted of such an offense, who had already completed his sentence, could have the conviction redesignated as a misdemeanor. ( 1170.18, subds. (f) & (g).) Although Proposition 47 does not directly address how redesignation of a felony conviction to a misdemeanor affects recidivist enhancements based on the conviction at issue, section 1170.18, subdivision (k) specifies that any "felony conviction that is ... designated as a misdemeanor ... shall be considered a misdemeanor for all purposes, except [for purposes of firearm possession]." (Italics added.)
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