Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.42 · Chapter 2. Judicial Council Advisory Committees and Task Forces
Criminal Law Advisory Committee
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Area of focus
The committee makes recommendations to the council for improving the administration of justice in criminal proceedings.
(b) Membership
The committee must include at least one member from each of the following categories:
(1) Appellate court justice;
(2) Trial court judicial officer;
(3) Judicial administrator;
(4) Prosecutor;
(5) Criminal defense lawyer;
(6) Probation officer; and
(7) Mental health professional with experience in criminal law issues.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.)
(Subd (b) amended effective February 1, 2018; previously amended effective January 1, 2011.)
Rule 10.42 amended effective February 1, 2018; adopted as rule 6.42 effective January 1, 1999; previously amended and renumbered as rule 10.42 effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective January 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/ten/rule10_42
- Text hash
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- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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