People v. Superior Court (Jalalipour), ___ Cal.App.5th ___, 2015 WL 82936 (4th Dist. Jan. 7, 2015) (granting petition for a writ of mandate, directing trial court to vacate its ruling reducing felony charges to misdemeanors, since prosecution had not consented to the reduction; the establishment of the defendant's guilt, whether by plea or trial, must precede a court's reduction of a wobbler to a misdemeanor under Penal Code 17(b)(3); absent the Peoples consent, the court's reduction of the charged felonies to misdemeanors, and then allowing defendant to plea guilty to the misdemeanors, constituted an unlawful judicial plea bargain).
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