California Court of Appeal

Peremptory writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order denying petitioner's application for a certificate of probable cause for his appeal is granted where the court erred in denying petitioner's application for being untimely under Cal. Rules of Court 8.304(b) as the rule does not clearly specify when the items in questions are to be filed. The court is ordered to consider petitioner's application for a certificate of probable cause on the merits or on other procedural grounds.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/27/2009
• Published 07/27/2009

Judges

• DUFFY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia S. Lai, Law Office of Patricia S. Lai, under appointment, for Petitioner., Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Asst. Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Asst. Attorney General, Stan Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sharon G. Birenbaum, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.