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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.953
Procedures for disposition of cases before the preliminary hearing
(a) Disposition before preliminary hearing
Superior courts having more than three judges must, in cooperation with the district attorney and defense bar, adopt procedures to facilitate dispositions before the preliminary hearing and at all other stages of the proceedings. The procedures may include:
(1) Early, voluntary, informal discovery, consistent with part 2, title 6, chapter 10 of the Penal Code (commencing with section 1054); and
(2) The use of superior court judges as magistrates to conduct readiness conferences before the preliminary hearing and to assist, where not inconsistent with law, in the early disposition of cases.
(b) Case to be disposed of under rule 4.114
Pleas of guilty or no contest resulting from proceedings under (a) must be disposed of as provided in rule 4.114.
Chapter 14 adopted effective July 1, 2008.
History
(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective June 6, 1990, and January 1, 1991.) (Subd (b) amended effective January 1, 2007; previously amended effective July 1, 2001.) Rule 10.953 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 227.10 effective January 1, 1985; previously amended effective June 6, 1990, January 1, 1991, and July 1, 2001.
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