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San Mateo County Superior Court — Standing Order 26-188: Access for Court of Appeal Appointed Counsel to Evidence That Have Been Admitted in Criminal Cases (commencing July 13, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Trial ExhibitsStanding Order 26-188: Access for Court of Appeal Appointed Counsel to Evidence That Have Been Admitted in Criminal Cases (commencing July 13, 2026), Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo; listed in the court's Current and Past Standing Orders page (https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/general-information/current-and-past-standing-orders), at https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-filings/order-26-188-standing-order-access-evidence-or-exhibits.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Commencing July 13, 2026, evidence or exhibits in the possession of the Clerk's Office in all criminal cases are available for viewing, inspection or copying for any attorney appointed by the Court of Appeal upon providing a copy of the Court of Appeal's appointment order.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > San Mateo County > Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo

Requirement

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Standing Order: 26-188 ACCESS FOR COURT OF APPEAL APPOINTED COUNSEL TO EVIDENCE THAT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IN CRIMINAL CASES IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that commencing July 13, 2026, and continuing, evidence or exhibits in the possession of the Clerk’s Office in all criminal cases will be available for viewing, inspection or copying for any attorney appointed by the Court of Appeal upon providing a copy of the Court of Appeal’s appointment order. DATED: 7/8/26 STEPHANIE G. GARRATT PRESIDING JUDGE

Source of truth

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Standing Order: 26-188 ACCESS FOR COURT OF APPEAL APPOINTED COUNSEL TO EVIDENCE THAT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IN CRIMINAL CASES IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that commencing July 13, 2026, and continuing, evidence or exhibits in the possession of the Clerk’s Office in all criminal cases will be available for viewing, inspection o

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: July 13, 2026
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-mateo-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Transcribed 2026-10-08 (California T4 San Mateo build 2026-10-08) by eye from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-mateo/docs/forms-filings/order-26-188-standing-order-access-evidence-or-exhibits.pdf (197882 bytes, sha256 5b6432b4f08dd5d402ce098020126ce63fc2fcb8747f9e35131bc24d69dc5f59; 1 page; its text from the file's text layer, the clerk's filed stamp, the handwritten date and the signature block (page images) read on the page; a printed text layer): read on the page images rendered at 200 dpi; checked against three machine readings never published (RapidOCR on each page, the file's own text layer where it has one and RapidOCR on each printed line): every 6-word window of the transcription looked up and each span no reading holds read again on the page image (evidence/vision-check-2026-10-08.log). The clerk's filed stamps, the signatures and the pleading paper's line numbers are not part of the text (a handwritten order number or date, or a stamped name, is carried where it fills the order's own line); the transcription's closing note, which describes them, is not published.