A law that changes some low-level crimes from potential felonies to misdemeanors. California allows for such changes where convictions of, but not limited to:
Keep in mind, prior conviction for certain violent crimes such as murder, rape or child molestation and others do not qualify for the reductions granted under California’s Proposition 47.
Generally, if one has served any time in state prison for a felony conviction, one cannot get his/her conviction expunged. However, if one’s felony conviction is eligible to be reduced to a misdemeanor under Prop. 47, our attorneys will argue that it should be eligible for expungement like most other misdemeanors under California Penal Code section 1203.4a (which allows expungement of misdemeanor convictions with sentences other than probation).
