Is a request for relief from default a writ of habeas corpus?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from In re Figueroa, F076947 (Cal. App. 2018):

This court deems the "Request for Relief from Default Re: Notice of Appeal," filed in the above entitled action on February 2, 2018, to be a petition for writ of habeas corpus. (Neal v. State of California (1960) 55 Cal.2d 11, 16.)

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