PEOPLE v. BUYCKS

Nos. S231765, S232900, S238888.

5 Cal.5th 857 (2018)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STEVENSON BUYCKS, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAURA REYNOSO VALENZUELA, Defendant and Appellant. In re JOHN MANUEL GUIOMAR on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

July 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Fitzer , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Stevenson Buycks.

Stephen P. Lipson , Public Defender (Ventura) and Michael C. McMahon , Chief Deputy Public Defender, for California Public Defenders Association and Public Defender of Ventura County as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant Stevenson Buycks.

Steven J. Carroll and Helen Irza , under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Laura Reynoso Valenzuela.

William J. Arzbaecher III for California Public Defenders Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant Laura Reynoso Valenzuela.

Jonathan Grossman , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner John Manuel Guiomar.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Edward C. DuMont , State Solicitor General, Janill L. Richards , Principal Deputy State Solicitor General, Joshua A. Klein , Deputy State Solicitor General, Samuel P. Siegel , Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey , Mary Sanchez and David Zarmi , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent in No. S231765.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland , Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting , Deputy State Solicitor General, Charles C. Ragland , Scott C. Taylor , Meredith S. White and Marvin E. Mizell , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent in No. S232900.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share , Seth K. Schalit , Donna M. Provenzano and Amit Kurlekar , Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner in No. S238888.


OPINION

At the November 4, 2014, General Election, California voters approved Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (Proposition 47). Proposition 47 reclassified as misdemeanors certain offenses that previously were felonies or "wobblers."

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