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  2. California Courts of Appeal - Wikipedia

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    The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. The state is geographically divided along county lines into six appellate districts. [1] The Courts of Appeal form the largest state-level intermediate appellate court system in the United States, with 106 justices.

  3. Appellate procedure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are two distinct forms of appellate review, "direct" and "collateral". For example, a criminal defendant may be convicted in state court, and lose on "direct appeal" to higher state appellate courts, and if unsuccessful, mount a "collateral" action such as filing for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts. Generally speaking, "[d ...

  4. Remand (court procedure) - Wikipedia

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    A remand may be a full remand, essentially ordering an entirely new trial; when an appellate court grants a full remand, the lower court's decision is "reversed and remanded." Alternatively, it may be "with instructions" specifying, for example, that the lower court must use a different legal standard when considering facts already entered at ...

  5. Judiciary of California - Wikipedia

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    California uses a modified Missouri Plan (merit plan) method of appointing judges, in which the Governor's office conducts an investigation of applicants in order to submit a list of potential applicants to the Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission for a formal vetting process that is not made public. A detailed report is submitted to the ...

  6. Your guide to the California secretary of state election ...

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    California voters head to the polls Nov. 8 to vote for U.S. Senate, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, controller, treasurer, attorney general, and races for U.S. representative in ...

  7. California secretary of state asks court to remove Vince Fong ...

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    California’s secretary of state asked a state appeals court to erase the ruling that let Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, run for Congress for a two-year term to succeed retired Rep. Kevin ...

  8. Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate ...

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    The counsel for the appellant, Ronald Maines, argued that due process coupled with the decision in Faretta required the extension of a constitutional right for criminal defendants to refuse to have a court-appointed lawyer argue the appeal, thus requiring the right to extend further to allow criminal defendants to argue their own appeals. This ...

  9. California appeals court reverses most of ruling deeming Prop ...

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    A California appeals court has upheld most of Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot measure that treats drivers for ride-hailing and food-delivery companies as independent contractors rather than employees.