Is a criminal defendant entitled to appeal the denial of a new trial motion?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Stewart, 202 Cal.App.3d 759, 248 Cal.Rptr. 907 (Cal. App. 1988):
1 Under former Penal Code section 1237, a criminal defendant was entitled to appeal the denial of a new trial motion. That right of appeal, with minor exceptions, was abolished in 1961. (People v. Risenhoover (1966) 240 Cal.App.2d 233, 234, 49 Cal.Rptr. 526.)
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