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Can a California court revisit an old prior prison term enhancement under SB 483?
Check whether an old Penal Code 667.5(b) prison-prior enhancement appears in a current judgment and how section 1172.75 referral and resentencing work.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan an old California plea be challenged if the transcript is missing?
A missing plea transcript does not itself undo a conviction. The claim, plea date, custody status, and surviving records determine what counsel can ask a court to review.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan I appeal a denied search motion after pleading guilty?
A guilty plea may preserve a search-ruling appeal. Learn the California felony renewal, notice-of-appeal and probable-cause certificate distinctions.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan I be released while my California felony appeal is pending?
A felony appeal does not itself secure release. Learn California’s flight, safety, and substantial-legal-question tests and the trial-to-appellate court steps.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan I challenge a conviction after discovering official misconduct when my sentence is over?
Penal Code 1473.6 permits a narrow vacatur motion after custody ends for newly discovered fraud, false trial testimony or fabricated evidence by officials.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan I get the prosecutor’s jury-selection notes after a felony conviction?
Penal Code 1054.9 now includes prosecution jury-selection notes in qualifying postconviction discovery, subject to a defined good-cause/redaction process.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan I request DNA testing while imprisoned after a California felony conviction?
California Penal Code 1405 lets some people imprisoned for a felony seek postconviction DNA testing. Learn the evidence, motion, and court review requirements.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan my new lawyer obtain an old San Diego probation report?
Old probation reports have separate access rules. Learn when the report’s subject may inspect it and how San Diego form CRM-026 seeks copies for counsel.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan probation be extended after it expires in California?
An old end date may not settle a California probation case. Compare the original term, alleged violation, revocation, hearing and extension orders.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan prosecutors appeal the dismissal of a California felony case?
A California felony dismissal may be appealed under specified conditions. Check the written order, jeopardy stage, and the prosecutor’s chosen appeal route.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsCan unpaid restitution block a California conviction dismissal?
Penal Code 1203.4 bars denial of that dismissal relief solely for unpaid restitution. The debt survives; other relief paths require separate review.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan you appeal a California criminal case again after losing the first appeal?
After an adverse California criminal appeal, identify rehearing, discretionary review or transfer deadlines and when a new order or habeas claim is different.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerCan You Withdraw a Guilty Plea After Sentencing in California?
After sentencing, plea relief depends on judgment entry, custody, the alleged error and appeal timing. Compare California's distinct procedures before filing.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerDoes a California global plea pool custody credits across separate cases?
A global plea and one sentencing hearing do not automatically pool presentence custody credits. Compare custody and release dates case by case.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerDoes California record relief erase a conviction for immigration purposes?
An old dismissal or vacatur can have different federal immigration effects. The reason for the court order and the federal conviction definition matter.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerDoes my California plea deal waive every appeal?
A plea appeal waiver depends on its wording and what was known when signed. Learn the negotiated-sentence, later-error, and probable-cause-certificate distinctions.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow can I ask California to remove my DNA profile after charges end?
Check Penal Code section 299 DNA expungement eligibility, the DOJ request form, and the court petition route after a qualifying case ends.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow can I request a California parole suitability hearing transcript?
The Board of Parole Hearings holds parole suitability hearing transcripts. Learn what information to supply, when a transcript is available, and copy costs.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow can I request confidential criminal court records in Kern County?
Kern form CR-2300 requests permission to copy confidential criminal court records. See the case details, good-cause explanation, and court approval limits.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I correct an inaccurate California DOJ criminal record?
Compare your California DOJ record with the court’s orders, identify a wrong conviction code or missing dismissal notation, and document a focused correction request.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I file a Tulare County petition to dismiss a conviction under Penal Code section 1203.4?
Tulare County requires a petition, proposed order and acknowledgment; serve the DA first, add Probation for a felony, then file and track the hearing.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I file into an existing Sacramento criminal case online?
Sacramento’s new criminal portal accepts later PDF filings in existing cases. Check the case and subcase, account, confidentiality review and service separately.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I get a recording or transcript of my Santa Barbara County criminal hearing?
For a Santa Barbara criminal hearing, check whether a reporter or electronic recorder was used. Choose SC-1044 for a transcript or SC-1006 for audio.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I get criminal court records from multiple California counties?
Find California cases across counties, request the right superior court documents, compare them with your DOJ record, and understand access limits.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I request a lawyer for a California misdemeanor appeal?
Rule 8.851 sets the conditions for appointed counsel in a California misdemeanor appeal. Learn which forms to file and why the notice of appeal is separate.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I request a San Luis Obispo criminal case summary or documents now?
SLO changed criminal case-summary requests in July 2026. Learn who can request a summary, how to ask for documents, and the separate older-case search process.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I request juvenile records for a Santa Clara criminal case?
For a pending Santa Clara criminal case, understand the juvenile-court WIC 827 petition and concurrent CR-6082 criminal-case declaration.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I use Placer County’s Proposition 64 petition form?
Placer County’s optional PL-CR006 separates active-sentence relief from completed-sentence relief. Learn how to select a track, file, and serve the DA.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerHow do I view a newer San Diego criminal case file?
San Diego’s 2026 imaging order explains where to view public criminal case documents, when copies cost money, and why a docket search is not the file itself.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhat Does a California Parole Eligibility Date Mean?
Understand EPRD, MEPD, and other CDCR parole-eligibility dates, compare the notice with court records, and ask Case Records about a suspected calculation error.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhat happens after an agency recommends resentencing under Penal Code 1172.1?
A CDCR, parole-board, county or prosecutor referral under Penal Code 1172.1 triggers court notice, counsel and a status conference, but resentencing is not automatic.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhat Happens at a California Parole Suitability Hearing?
A guide for a person with a California parole suitability hearing notice: what to check before the hearing, what the panel considers, and what follows.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsWhat if a background check lists my dismissed charge as a conviction?
Compare the screening report with the actual court disposition, then dispute a false conviction entry with the reporting company and preserve the response.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhat if my abstract of judgment differs from the judge's sentence?
Compare the sentencing transcript, minute order and abstract. California courts can correct a clerical abstract error, but a true sentencing dispute needs different analysis.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsWhat if my lawyer never told me about a plea offer before it expired?
A missed plea offer may raise an ineffective-counsel claim. Identify the exact offer, deadline, later outcome and evidence it likely would have been accepted.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhat if the court cannot find my old California criminal case file?
An old case may have a surviving docket, archived file, or destroyed records. Ask the court what was searched and gather alternate official proof of disposition.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhat Is a Franklin Hearing in California?
Learn what a California Franklin proceeding preserves, who may qualify for a youth-offender parole hearing, and how a final-case motion differs from parole or resentencing.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWhere and how do I file a habeas petition in San Diego County?
San Diego habeas filing location, service and supporting records depend on the claim and custody status. Check local Rule 3.4 and current HC-001.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWill a criminal charge affect my California real estate license?
California agents must report a felony charge or any conviction to the DRE within 30 days, and renewal forms ask about pending charges and past convictions.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWill a criminal charge show up on a background check in California?
A pending charge can show on a California background check. Employers generally cannot use arrests without a conviction or convictions that were dismissed.
Read answer Appeals & criminal recordsLegal answerWill a Kings County misdemeanor hearing have a court reporter or recording?
Kings County rule 130 says misdemeanor hearings may be electronically recorded. Check the actual hearing, reporter request timing, and clerk copy route.
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