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2019 California Code
Government Code - GOV
TITLE 8 - THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS
CHAPTER 2.3 - California Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Section 68660.5.
Universal Citation: CA Govt Code § 68660.5 (2019)
68660.5.
The purposes of this chapter are to qualify the State of California for the handling of federal habeas corpus petitions under Chapter 154 of Title 28 of the United States Code, to expedite the completion of state habeas corpus proceedings in capital cases, and to provide quality representation in state habeas corpus for inmates sentenced to death. This chapter shall be construed and administered consistently with those purposes.
(Added November 8, 2016, by initiative Proposition 66, Sec. 13.)
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