THE AOB: SELECTING AND PERSUASIVELY ARGUING ISSUES
Marginal Issues (Executive Director Memo) (To Brief or Not to Brief) - April 2008
New Developments in Procedures in Cases with No Arguable Issues - April 2007
A Quick Guide To Structuring a Logical Argument in Dependency Cases - June 2001
Standards of Prejudice - March 2002
Vigorous Advocacy for Each Client on Appeal: An Essential – Not Just a Nice Touch (Notes from the Director) - June 2001
BLAKELY/CUNNINGHAM/BLACK II
Blakely-Cunningham After Black II-Sandoval - August 2007
Due Process/Ex Post Facto Issues in Sandoval Remedy - December 2007
The Life and Times of the California Determinate Sentencing System: Cunningham and Family - December 2007
Single Valid Factor Test: A Critique - December 2007
CLAIMS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE
To What Extent May the Attorney General Raise Issues In a Defendant's Appeal, Pursuant to Penal Code Section 1252? - January 1996
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT AND ADI NUTS AND BOLTS
Disagreements with Staff Attorneys About Legal Judgments (Notes from the Director) - June 2001
Exhibit Review Process in the Fourth District - January 2010
HABEAS CORPUS
Filing Deadlines for a Federal Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Attacking a State Court Judgment Under Title 28 U.S.C. 2254 - October 2001
Helping Appellant in the DNA Arena - June 2001
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Issues (Notes from the Director) - July 2004
Raising IAC Claims, Or: Trial Counsel is Your Friend August 1999
JUVENILE OFFENSE CASES
Representing Minors in Juvenile Delinquency Appeals
POST-AOB COMPONENTS OF GOOD ADVOCACY
Petitions for Rehearing – What, How and When to File (Notes from the Director) - February 2001
Petitions for Review in the California Supreme Court (Notes from the Director) - October 2002
Reply Briefs (Notes from the Director) - October 2001
Straight From the Mouthpiece: Oral Argument – Some Insider Tips February - 2001
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES (MISCELLANEOUS)
Fines Chart (coming soon)
Sex, Violence and Disposition Evidence: Reviewing and Attacking the Trial Court’s Use of Character Evidence - July, 2004
Taking Advantage of Changes in the Law (Retroactivity)
Understanding Cruz/Vargas Release Provisions - October 2002
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