§ 1473 (a) A person unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of their …
§ 1473.1 The Judicial Council shall promulgate standards for appointment of …
§ 1473.5 (a) A writ of habeas corpus also may be prosecuted on the basis …
§ 1473.6 (a) Any person no longer unlawfully imprisoned or restrained may …
§ 1473.7 (a) A person who is no longer in criminal custody may file a …
§ 1474 Application for the writ is made by petition, signed either by the …
§ 1475 The writ of habeas corpus may be granted in the manner provided by …
§ 1476 Any court or judge authorized to grant the writ, to whom a petition …
§ 1477 The writ must be directed to the person having custody of or …
§ 1478 If the writ is directed to the sheriff or other ministerial officer …
§ 1479 If the person to whom the writ is directed refuses, after service, to …
§ 1480 The person upon whom the writ is served must state in his return, …
§ 1481 The person to whom the writ is directed, if it is served, must bring …
§ 1482 When, from sickness or infirmity of the person directed to be …
§ 1483 The Court or Judge before whom the writ is returned must, immediately …
§ 1484 The party brought before the Court or Judge, on the return of the …
§ 1485 If no legal cause is shown for such imprisonment or restraint, or for …
§ 1485.5 (a) If the district attorney or Attorney General stipulates to …
§ 1485.55 (a) In a contested or uncontested proceeding, if the court has …
§ 1486 The Court or Judge, if the time during which such party may be …
§ 1487 If it appears on the return of the writ that the prisoner is in …
§ 1488 If any person is committed to prison, or is in custody of any officer …
§ 1489 If it appears to the Court or Judge, by affidavit or otherwise, or …
§ 1490 When a person is imprisoned or detained in custody on any criminal …
§ 1491 Any judge before whom a person who has been committed upon a criminal …
§ 1492 If a party brought before the Court or Judge on the return of the …
§ 1493 In cases where any party is held under illegal restraint or custody, …
§ 1494 Until judgment is given on the return, the Court or Judge before whom …
§ 1495 No writ of habeas corpus can be disobeyed for defect of form, if it …
§ 1496 No person who has been discharged by the order of the Court or Judge …
§ 1497 When it appears to any court, or judge, authorized by law to issue …
§ 1498 The Court or Judge may also insert in such warrant a command for the …
§ 1499 The officer to whom such warrant is delivered must execute it by …
§ 1500 The person alleged to have such party under illegal confinement or …
§ 1501 If such party is held under illegal restraint or custody, he must be …
§ 1502 Any writ or process authorized by this Chapter may be issued and …
§ 1503 All writs, warrants, process, and subpoenas authorized by the …
§ 1504 All such writs and process, when made returnable before a Judge, must …
§ 1505 If the officer or person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed, …
§ 1506 An appeal may be taken to the court of appeal by the people from a …
§ 1507 Where an application for a writ of habeas corpus has been made by or …
§ 1508 (a) A writ of habeas corpus issued by the Supreme Court or a …
§ 1509 (a) This section applies to any petition for writ of habeas …
§ 1509.1 (a) Either party may appeal the decision of a superior court on …

Terms Used In California Codes > Penal Code > Part 2 > Title 12 > Chapter 1 - Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
  • directors: as used in this part , means the board of directors of the district. See California Public Utilities Code 30006
  • District: as used in this part , means the Southern California Rapid Transit District. See California Public Utilities Code 30004
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • magistrate: signifies any one of the officers mentioned in Section 808. See California Penal Code 7
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public agency: as used in this part , includes the State of California, and any county, city and county, city, district, or other political subdivision or public entity of, or organized under the laws of, this State. See California Public Utilities Code 30007
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Rapid transit: as used in this part , means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, taxi, or any other motor vehicle not on an individual passenger fare paying basis, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b). See California Public Utilities Code 30005
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone, or upon any substance attached to the paper capable of receiving a visible impression. See California Penal Code 7
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Transit funds: as used in this part , means any funds or moneys payable to or received by the district from any California transit funds or any funds which the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, the State of California, a county, a city, or any other public agency, or any other individual or entity, public or private, has or is authorized by any law or by official action thereunder to appropriate, contribute, grant, or loan to the district to be used for the payment of any indebtedness, including, but not limited to, any bonded indebtedness of the district in accordance with this part or any other law. See California Public Utilities Code 30703.1
  • will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7
  • writ: signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See California Penal Code 7