Does a felony false imprisonment conviction obtained by way of a nolo contendere plea violate due process protections where the defendant was not advised that the plea would make him ineligible for felony-to-misdemeanor relief?

1. Does a felony false imprisonment con viction obtained by way of a nolo contendere plea violate the due process protections of the Fifth and Four teenth Amendments where Petitioner was never advised by his defense counsel that his plea would later make him ineligible for California Penal Code Section 17(b) 1 relief (reduction from felony to a misdemeanor)? 2. Has the equal protection clause of the Four teenth Amendment been violated where individuals who have been found guilty of a felony by a jury were afforded section 17(b) relief, but Petitioner, who plead nolo contendere to the “wobbler” offense of felony false imprisonment, was not? 3. Should a felony false imprisonment conviction obtained by way of a nolo contendere plea, be reduced to a misdemeanor where, as here, it was never proven (and there is no evidence) the crime was accomplished with “violence, menace, fraud or deceit”? 1 Hereinafter, all undesignated statutory references are to the California Penal Code. ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS Supreme Court of California No. S289190 The People , Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jonathan Phillips , Defendant and Appellant. Order Denying Review : March 19, 2025 _ Court of Appeal of the State of California, Sixth Appel late Dis trict No. H051373 The People, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jonathan Phillips, Defendant and Appellant. Opinion : January 6, 2025 _ Superior Court California No. BB516948 People v. Jonathan Phillips Judgment: April 13, 2006