STEVENS, J.
We hold that when a court acts under Penal Code section 17 to specify that a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol shall be treated as a misdemeanor "for all purposes," that offense may not afterwards be pled as a prior felony conviction under the terms of former Vehicle Code section 23175.5, now Vehicle Code section 23550.5 (Stats.1998, ch. 118, § 84, p. 64), even though the offense may have been originally punished as a felony. We...
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