About SDAP
SDAP is a law firm that does criminal and juvenile appeals for indigent clients in the San Jose area. We are not the court of appeal

SDAP Annual Seminar April 20, 2018
Justice Mary Greenwood will speak at the SDAP annual Spring Seminar on April 20, 2018 in San Francisco.

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Mary J. Greenwood Becomes New Justice
Mary J. Greenwood was recently sworn in as the new associate justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal. She was previously a superior court judge and the public defender in Santa Clara County.

TrueFiling Habeas Petitions in Supreme Court Effective February 1, 2018, counsel must TrueFile in the California Supreme Court habeas corpus petitions, any informal response or reply, and certain other document related to the petition. TrueFiling does not apply once an order to show cause is issued.

SUPREME COURT RULES

New Local Rule on Transcripts
Code of Civil Procedure section 271 was enacted, effective January 1, 2018, to permit electronic transcripts instead of paper transcripts. This is potentially a problem in criminal appeals where a paper copy must be provided defendants in custody. The Sixth District Court of Appeal adopted Local Rule 3, effective February 13, 2018, requiring a paper copy of the transcripts for felony defendants. The local rule does not affect transcripts in juvenile cases. Panel attorneys would be reimbursed for printing one transcript for the client when there is only an electronic copy.

TrueFiling in the Sixth District Court of Appeal TrueFilng is now mandatory in the Sixth District Court of Appeal.

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Mandatory Form for Augment Motions
Starting November 13, 2017, the Sixth District Court of Appeal will require the use of a form proposed order for all motions to augment the record. Until then, the form is voluntary. The pdf fillable proposed order must be used in civil appeals as well. Reportedly, there have been problems with how attorneys have filled out the form.

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FORM PROPOSED ORDER

Electronical Filing Required at U.S. S.Ct.
Counsel is required to submit an electronic version of papers filed in the United Supreme Court. This process is different from TrueFiling and the system used in the lower federal courts. Because it can take a few days or a week for enrollment in electronic filing to be approved, counsel is urged to apply well in advance of any deadline for filing a document.

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