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CA Rules of Court
Title 8 - Appellate RulesDivision 1 - Rules Relating to the Supreme Court and Courts of AppealChapter 3 - Criminal Appeals
Article 3 - Briefs, Hearing, and Decision
Rule 8.368 - Hearing and decision in the Supreme Court

Cal. R. 8.368

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Rule 8.368 - Hearing and decision in the Supreme Court

Rules 8.500 through 8.552 govern the hearing and decision in the Supreme Court of an appeal in a criminal case.

Cal. R. Ct. 8.368

Rule 8.368 amended and renumbered effective 1/1/2007; adopted as rule 33.2 effective 1/1/2004.

Advisory Committee Comment

Subdivision (b). As used in subdivision (b)(1), "decision" includes all interlocutory orders of the Court of Appeal. (See Advisory Committee Comment to rule 8.500(a) and (e).) This provision addresses the finality of decisions in criminal appeals. See rule 8.264(b) for provisions addressing the finality of decisions in proceedings under chapter 2, relating to civil appeals, and rule 8.490 for provisions addressing the finality of proceedings under chapter 7, relating to writs of mandate, certiorari, and prohibition.