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LegalWriter
I'm not going to waste anymore time giving you a lesson in interpreting a statute or its legislative history. Like it or not, the OP's friend cannot petition for factual innocence any sooner than the time that the statute of limitations on his offense has expired which, for a 273.5, is 3 years. If a criminal complaint is filed and dismissed by the DA or court, he has two years from that dismissal to petition for relief. At this point it is unlikely they will file but if they do, he can rest assured, it will filed as a felony...