STATE APPELLATE | CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT | SPEEDY TRIAL RIGHTS
Successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of California to depublish a lower-court opinion that threatened to erode a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial. Depublication is a rarely granted remedy that strips a court of appeal decision of its precedential value without disturbing the result in the underlying case, and securing it from the California Supreme Court requires both a compelling showing of statewide legal significance and precise appellate advocacy directed at the high court itself rather than at an intermediate appellate panel.
Result: California Supreme Court ordered decision depublished (July 2013)
Supreme Court of California
