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In California, criminal defendants have the right to appeal both felony [29] and misdemeanor [30] convictions. If the defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor, they have the right to be released on bail pending the outcome of their appeal. Misdemeanor appeals are heard by the Appellate Division of the California Superior Court.
The paradox of state judicial officers working in county-operated organizations culminated in a 1996 case in which the Supreme Court of California upheld the constitutionality of a statute under which the superior court of Mendocino County was bound by the county board of supervisors' designation of unpaid furlough days for all county employees ...
Trinity County was one of the original counties formed when California gained statehood in 1850. The first courthouse was completed in 1853 as a three-storey wooden building at the intersection of Court and Church streets in the county seat of Weaverville. It had a footprint of 20 by 60 feet (6.1 m × 18.3 m).
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
Modoc County was partitioned from Siskiyou County in 1874. [2] Alturas was named as the county seat and Julius Holliman was appointed as the first county judge. [3]The first court sessions in Alturas were held in the "community building" which also held the town's social gatherings such as public meetings, church services, and dances.
A Marsden motion is the only means by which a criminal defendant can fire a court-appointed attorney or communicate directly with a judge in a California state court. [1] It is based on a defendant's claim that the attorney is providing ineffective assistance or has a conflict with the defendant. The name comes from the case People v. Marsden ...
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Because of the small population of the county, the superior court has two judges and one child support commissioner (under Assembly Bill 1058). [3] [9] After Hon. Peter Billiou Twede retired in 2018, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Hon. Alicia Ekland to the bench; she is the first female judge to serve Glenn County. [10]