Tooby's California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants

The basic requirements for this reduction are as follows:

(1)    The conviction must be for an alternative felony-misdemeanor, or “wobbler,” i.e., a crime for which the statute defining offense specifies a punishment of state prison with an additional alternative of county jail or a fine.  See § 9.18, infra. 

(2)    The sentencing court must grant probation without imposition of sentence.  See § 9.19, infra. 

(3)    The judge must then or thereafter declare the offense to be a misdemeanor.  See § 9.22, infra.