Does a state procedural requirement governing a direct and collateral constitutional challenge to criminal charges need to be respected?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Castaneda v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 26 Cal.Rptr. 364 (Cal. App. 1962):
Mapp v. Ohio, supra, 367 U.S. 643, says in footnote 9, at page 659, 81 S.Ct. 1684, at page 1693: 'As is always the case, however, state procedural requirements governing assertion and pursuance of direct and collateral constitutional challenges to criminal prosecutions must be respected. * * *'
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