Criminal,
California Supreme Court,
Appellate Practice
Dec. 17, 2018
A rarity: Success on habeas
Last March, the California Supreme Court vacated the conviction and sentence of a death row inmate. This rarely happens.
David Aram Kaiser
Of Counsel
Moskovitz Appellate Team
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Moskovitz Appellate Team is a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. David was a Judicial Staff Attorney at the California Supreme Court of California for 11 years, but the views expressed are solely those of the author. He is a senior research fellow at the California Constitution Center.
MOSKOVTIZ ON APPEALS
Last March, in In re Vicente Benavides Figueroa on Habeas Corpusl, 4 Cal. 5th 576 (2018), the California Supreme Court vacated the conviction and sentence of a death row inmate. This rarely happens. And, it arose not on appeal, but from a habeas corpus petition.
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