Mesa, AZ asked in Criminal Law for California

Q: if my fieancee had a conviction of possesion of a controlled substance in ca in 1999

it was filed as a felony but laws have been passed and now its considered a misdaminor a bench warrent was issued for him he has gone back to take care of it my question is will they still run it as a felony or drop it to a misdaminor and what are the chances of him not serving time he did 10.5 here in az

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A: It should not be a problem to get it reduced to a misdemeanor and he should not expect to go to jail for it either. There is a strong chance he'll get it dismissed as any evidence is likely lost.

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