Source: https://blog.ceb.com/2015/06/10/time-will-soon-run-out-for-petitions-under-prop-47/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 06:18:25+00:00

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June 10, 2015 May 27, 2015 / Julie Brook, Esq.
Those individuals who are currently in custody or who are on probation or who have completed a sentence for one of the decriminalized felonies under Proposition 47 need to act soon. The clock is ticking on the filing deadline for petitions to reduce a felony charge and/or sentence to a misdemeanor, which in most cases is November 4, 2017, three years after the effective date of the The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. See Pen C §1170.18(j).
First, certain theft and drug-possession offenses have been reclassified. Simple drug possession under Health & S C §13350, §11357(a), or §11377 is no longer a felony or wobbler offense but must be charged as a misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of one year in county jail. Other offenses either added to the Penal Code or reclassified as misdemeanors by the Act include, Pen C §459.5 (shoplifting); Pen C §473 (forgery); Pen C §476a (insufficient funds); Pen C 490.2 (petty theft); and Pen C §496 (receiving stolen property).
Second, defendants currently serving a sentence in either jail or prison for a felony conviction that would have been a misdemeanor had Proposition 47 been in effect at the time of conviction may petition the court for resentencing under current sentencing provisions. Pen C §1170.18(a)–(e).
Third, those defendants who have already completed their sentences for felony convictions that would have been misdemeanors under Proposition 47 may petition the court for reclassification of the felony to a misdemeanor. Pen C §1170.18(f)–(h).
For more discussion of the effects of Prop 47, turn to the “crim law bible,” CEB’s California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice, as well as CEB’s California Criminal Sentencing Enhancements.

References: §1170
 §13350
 §11357
 §11377
 §459
 §473
 §476
 §496
 §1170
 §1170