California Courts of Appeal,
Appellate Practice
Nov. 8, 2021
3rd District asks appellate lawyers to identify cases to be expedited
For nearly a year, veteran appellate attorney Jon B. Eisenberg has been seeking to draw attention to long delayed cases in the 3rd District, including criminal appeals decided in favor of defendants after they had already served their sentences.
The Central California Appellate Program has called on its panel attorneys to help identify "new criminal cases that may benefit from being expedited through the appellate process."
The email explained how criminal appellants have sometimes served their full sentences before an appellate court agrees they were innocent or should have had a shorter prison term. Attorneys have recently highlighted such cases in the 3rd District Court of Appea...
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