You can file a motion in appeals court even if you haven't realized something new that could tilt the appeal in your favor.

No, there is no direct appeal from the Appellate Division of the Superior Court to the District Court of Appeal. However, there is a procedure...

See rule 3.1702 of the California Rules of Court (https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=three&linkid=rule3_1702).

An appellate brief must "[s]upport any reference to a matter in the record by a citation to the volume and page number of the record where the...

I believe Mr. Anapol meant to write that litigation over costs does NOT affect the appeal deadlines. In any event, that is my understanding.

The trial transcript is what is hearsay evidence, not the statement within it.

No, you cannot file an interlocutory appeal in California state courts.

No. There's no reason that a state prosecution can't be based on evidence found in a federal investigation, or vice versa.

Failure to point out errors in a presentence report could potentially be a ground for a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, IF there is a...

My opinion is: Because the minute order specified that a formal order was to be drafted, the minute order did not start the clock running on an...