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Title 8 - Appellate RulesDivision 2 - Rules Relating to Death Penalty Appeals and Habeas Corpus ProceedingsChapter 2 - Automatic Appeals From Judgments of Death
Article 1 - General Provisions
Rule 8.603 - In general

Cal. R. 8.603

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Rule 8.603 - In general
(a) Automatic appeal to Supreme Court

If a judgment imposes a sentence of death, an appeal by the defendant is automatically taken to the Supreme Court.

(b)Copies of judgment

When a judgment of death is rendered, the superior court clerk must immediately send certified copies of the commitment to the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, the Governor, the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, and the California Appellate Project San Francisco.

Cal. R. Ct. 8.603

Rule 8.603 renumbered and amended effective 4/25/2019; repealed and adopted as rule 34 effective 1/1/2004; previously amended and renumbered as rule 8.600 effective 1/1/2007; previously amended effective 1/1/2018.