Jurisdictions / United States

California

Cases

No briefs from here yet. See the wire, or read cases from elsewhere: the law travels.

On the wire

OpinionCA · Oct 28, 2026
People v. DePonte CA3 CourtListener
OpinionCA · Oct 22, 2026
People v. Vera CA1/1 CourtListener
OpinionCA · Oct 21, 2026
People v. Stancil CA1/2 CourtListener

Where to turn

Appeal courts

Public defenders

Office of the State Public Defender State agency with an Appellate Division; site lists capital litigation and amicus/systemic work.
First District Appellate Project Court-appointed appellate project, First District.
Sixth District Appellate Program Court-appointed representation in criminal and juvenile appeals, Sixth District.
Appellate Defenders, Inc. Appellate project; client-facing pages on the appointment process and appeal timeline.
California Appellate Project (San Francisco) Nonprofit giving legal assistance to counsel representing people on California death row.

Innocence organisations

Time to appeal

Rules of Court, rule 8.308(a): "a notice of appeal and any statement required by Penal Code section 1237.5 must be filed within 60 days after the rendition of the judgment or the making of the order being appealed." Except as provided in rule 8.66, no court may extend the time.

Check this against the rule, and with a lawyer: read the source

Rules of appeal

What we watch here

CourtListener: criminal post-conviction terms, CA appellate courts
San Francisco District Attorney
Orange County (California) District Attorney