Thoughts on recent Ninth Circuit and California appellate cases from Professor Shaun Martin at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
People v. Nelms (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 14, 2008)
It's an unusual case in which a convicted defendant will want to abandon his appeal and yet the Court of Appeal will refuse to allow him to do so. But it happens. Even in non-death penalty cases.
