The California State High Court of the Alameda District is the California High Court located in Alameda County as established by Article VI of the California Constitution. It serves as a court for criminal and civil cases filed in Alameda County.
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Criminal Procedures
As a California court tribunal, the Alameda County High Court follows the same criminal procedure steps as all the statewide courts.
- Capture (usually stored in Santa Rita Prison)
- Arraignment (usually at Wiley Manuel Courthouse, Rene C Davidson Courthouse, or East County Hall of Justice)
- Preliminary Examination (for serious crimes)
- Pre-Test
- Trial
- Punishment (if found guilty)
- Appeals (the convicted defendant has the right to appeal a minor offense and a crime, and the right to be bailed while awaiting appeal for minor offenses)
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History
The original court building was founded on June 6, 1853, in Alvarado, California (part of the current Union City). After the county seat moved to Oakland (first to San Leandro), the new courthouse was built in 1875, a location near Oakland's Washington Square. However, the building was soon damaged in the mid-1920s to the point where the court clerk had to hold the umbrella for a judge because of a leak. On April 3, 1934, the county residents voted superbly to support a bond initiative to build a new district court. The new building was built on the shores of Lake Merritt, where it still stands today, as the RenÃÆ'Â © C. Davidson Courthouse. The old court building was demolished in 1949. The court currently occupies a number of courthouses throughout the county.
In 1925, future US Supreme Court Chancellor Earl Warren was appointed (and later elected) District Attorney of Alameda County.
Courthouses
- Renà ©  © C. Davidson Courthouse, built in 1934 in Oakland to become home to the Alameda County High Court.
- Mostly used for criminal criminal cases. Includes civil servant division offices (eg to file for arrest warrants) and appeals units.
- Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse, Oakland, named as Associate Justice Wiley Manuel of the California Supreme Court.
- Used for criminal cases, mostly offenses.
- Hayward Hall of Justice, located in Hayward, the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County
- Used primarily for civil affairs, including family law and arrest warrants.
- Hall of Justice George E. McDonald, Alameda
- Berkeley Courthouse, Berkeley
- Gale-Schenone Hall of Justice, Pleasanton
- Fremont Hall of Justice, Fremont
- Child Justice Center, San Leandro
- East County Hall of Justice, Dublin (opened June 21, 2017)
Jail
- Santa Rita Prison in Dublin, California
- Glenn Dyer Jail in Oakland, California
Administration
Under California Government Regulation Ã,§ 68070 and California Judicial Council Court Ã,§ 10.613, the High Court of Alameda County has adopted Local Regulations for its government and government from its officials.
According to California Rule of Court 2,506 and Government Code Section 68150 (h), a court may charge a fee for the cost of providing access to its electronic records. Some superior courts do it, including Alameda, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento, and San Diego, and the costs have been criticized as being too high and unusually high, with the Alameda County High Court's fees being the subject of the MoveOn.org petition.
Officer
There are several court officers, including judges, juries, commissioners, prosecutors, defense lawyers, clerks, bailiffs, and court reporters.
Judge
- Victoria Kolakowski, the first transgender court judge in the United States
- Alfred Delucchi
- Delbert Gee
- Thomas Reardon, judge in the trial of Joseph Bey IV for the murder of Chauncey Bailey.
- Roy Hashimoto
- Dennis Hayashi
- Paul Seeman, was arrested in court of Wiley Manuel and charged with old burglary, June 14, 2012. He resigned from court on March 21, 2013, before the settlement of his case.
Commissioner
A commissioner is a subordinate judicial official elected by a judge of the Court and authorized to hear and make decisions on certain types of legal matters, similar to the judges of the United States. Their jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, traffic problems, family law and adolescent cases, criminal offenses, and criminal offenses through the initial hearing stage.
Attorney
The district attorney of Alameda County, currently Nancy O'Malley, prosecutes crimes before the court on behalf of California Superior Court, Alameda County, and all the towns and special districts of Alameda County.
Public Defender
The Alameda County Public Defender is the third public office of defenders made in the country, hired in 1927 by Earl Warren, who will then become Supreme Court Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During the first year, the office hired two lawyers.
Currently, there are more than a hundred lawyers, twenty researchers, and a support staff of 40 people, who together handles about 50,000 cases per year. In 2012, the office was named "Best Law Offices" in the East Bay by the Alameda County Bar Association. The head of the Office of the Public Defender today is Brendon Woods.
Clerks
The court clerks are responsible for the clerical courtroom activities, interacting with lawyers and the public, administering oaths, assisting disobedient jurors, and being responsible for inventorying and storing evidence.
Bailiffs
The bailiff's function is done by Alameda County Sheriff, as Gregory Ahern, under contract.
References
External links
- the Alameda County Superior Court website
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