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Court operations moved to the new County Center at 25 Court Street in 1979, and then to the new County Courthouse in 1996. [4] Satellite locations were added in 1961 (Paradise) and 1966 (Chico) in new one- and two-room courthouses, respectively. [5] Court operations were consolidated from Paradise to Chico in 2009. [6]
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey holds papers he filed in Butte County Superior Court on Monday for the arraignment of Ronnie Dean Stout II, who was charged with arson in connection with ...
The superior courts have appellate divisions (superior court judges sitting as appellate judges) which hear appeals from decisions of other superior court judges (or commissioners, or judges pro tem) who heard and decided relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, and ...
The California superior courts hear about 270,000 felony cases, 900,000 misdemeanor cases, and 5 million infraction cases every year. [9] There are currently 130,000 people in state prisons [10] and 70,000 people in county jails. [11] Of these, there are 746 people who have been sentenced to death. [12]
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
However, because the state government was not prepared to assume the burden of developing its own statewide courthouse security force, the superior courts were allowed to establish agreements with county sheriffs by which the courts would reimburse counties for continuing to provide deputy sheriffs to serve as bailiffs in the courthouses.
Infractions were created in 1968, [10] originally only including parking violations, but was gradually broadened to include running stop lights and eventually most common traffic offenses. [9] Beginning in 1993, those accused of parking violations cannot generally contest them in a court of law until exhausting administrative procedures.