California Court of Appeal

The trial court erred in refusing to entertain defendant's timely oral new trial motion, and defendant was relieved of any obligation to bring a second motion for new trial based on the court's refusal to hear his first motion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2003
• Published 02/10/2003

Judges

• JONES, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, René A. Chacón, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff and respondent., Richard C. Neuhoff, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Francisco, for defendant and appellant.