California Court of Appeal

In this companion case to People v. Rivera, defendant was charged with a felony (possession of a controlled substance) that became a misdemeanor with the passage of Proposition 47. The court holds that appellate jurisdiction in cases where a defendant is charged with a felony in an information, an indictment, or in a complaint that has been certified to the superior court under Penal Code section 859a, as here, lies with the Court of Appeal, even if Proposition 47 subsequently reduced the charged offense to a misdemeanor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/29/2015
• Published 01/29/2015

Judges

• Marquez

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel