Amby Gary Owens entered a no contest plea to a felony charge of operating an endless chain scheme. (Pen. Code, § 327.) In the exercise of its sound discretion, the trial court declared the conviction to be a misdemeanor. (Pen. Code, § 17, subd. (b).) He appeals contending that he was the subject of an invidious discrimination because the prosecutor's decision to charge him with a felony was motivated solely...
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