Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.577 · Article 3. Death Penalty-Related Habeas Corpus Proceedings in the Superior Court
Transfer of files
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Counsel for the petitioner must deliver all files counsel maintained related to the proceeding to the attorney representing petitioner in any appeal taken from the proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 4.577 adopted effective April 25, 2019.
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/four/rule4_577
- Text hash
- sha256 68b95848d0d8c1383197edf0b6eab9f7048669c534a53c6f45ae4c12a01ab45d
- Composed by
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.