BILL NUMBER: AB 813	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to criminal procedure.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 813, as introduced, Gonzalez. Criminal procedure.
   If an offense is bailable, a judgment of imprisonment has been
given, and the defendant will surrender himself or herself in
execution of the judgment when, among other things, the judgment is
affirmed or modified, existing law authorizes the defendant in a
criminal case to be admitted to bail after the conviction and during
the appeal of the conviction.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that authorizes judicial review of a conviction in a
criminal case even if a person is not in custody.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that authorizes judicial review of a conviction in a
criminal case even if a person is not in custody.