{"id":2104,"date":"2022-04-18T09:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T09:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/?page_id=2104"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:45:41","slug":"pc-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/pc-17\/","title":{"rendered":"PC 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l24hw5vx-c27190e7faa25bd02335c248d51dba91\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l24hw5vx-c27190e7faa25bd02335c248d51dba91{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l24hw5vx-c27190e7faa25bd02335c248d51dba91 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l24hw5vx-c27190e7faa25bd02335c248d51dba91 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:22px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l24hw5vx-c27190e7faa25bd02335c248d51dba91 av-special-heading-h1 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class=\"cite\">subdivision (h) of Section 1170\u00a0<\/span>. \u2002Every other crime or public offense is a misdemeanor except those offenses that are classified as infractions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002When a crime is punishable, in the discretion of the court, either by imprisonment in the state prison or imprisonment in a county jail under the provisions of\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">subdivision (h) of Section 1170\u00a0<\/span>, or by fine or imprisonment in the county jail, it is a misdemeanor for all purposes under the following circumstances:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(1)\u2002After a judgment imposing a punishment other than imprisonment in the state prison or imprisonment in a county jail under the provisions of\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">subdivision (h) of Section 1170\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(2)\u2002When the court, upon committing the defendant to the Division of Juvenile Justice, designates the offense to be a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(3)\u2002When the court grants probation to a defendant\u00a0and at the time of granting probation, or on application of the defendant or probation officer thereafter, the court declares the offense to be a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(4)\u2002When the prosecuting attorney files in a court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses a complaint specifying that the offense is a misdemeanor, unless the defendant at the time of his or her arraignment or plea objects to the offense being made a misdemeanor, in which event the complaint shall be amended to charge the felony and the case shall proceed on the felony complaint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(5)\u2002When, at or before the preliminary examination or prior to filing an order pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 872\u00a0<\/span>, the magistrate determines that the offense is a misdemeanor, in which 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