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Vea las leyes a las que hace referencia en su escrito y asegúrese de que la ley no ha cambiado. Es importante asegurarse de que su jurisprudencia (decisiones publicadas de la corte, constituciones, estatutos, reglas de la corte u otros precedentes legales que citó en su escrito para apoyar lo que usted dice que es la ley) no estén desactualizadas. Los casos pueden haber sido denegados o retirados de la publicación (lo que significa que no pueden citarse como jurisprudencia). Puede que haya nuevas leyes en vigor.
Si descubre que alguna jurisprudencia que citó en sus escritos ya no es válida o si descubre nueva jurisprudencia, comuníqueselo por escrito a la corte y a las demás partes antes del alegato oral. Esto es especialmente importante si quiere citar la nueva jurisprudencia en el alegato oral.

Revise el acta, los escritos y la jurisprudencia que necesite
Revise el acta, los alegatos que ambas partes presentaron y la jurisprudencia clave porque la corte puede hacerle preguntas sobre cualquier cosa.

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Practique su alegato
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En la corte, puede optar por usar parte de su tiempo para responder al alegato de la otra parte.
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The least weight is given to precedent that comes from cases where the circumstances were different from your case, from older cases that have since been contradicted, or from cases in geographical areas or courts that have law that is considerably different from the law in the court your case is in.

Finding cases (also called "opinions")
When you researched practice guides, annotated codes and statutes, and self-help books, you probably saw and wrote down several references to cases that you want to look up because they are similar to your legal research issue and may help (or hurt) your own case. The references you have will look something like this:
Hutcherson v. Alexander, 264 Cal. App. 2d 126, 70 Cal. Rptr. 366 (1968).
United States v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1 (1973).
These are called citations. Citations provide you with the name of the case, the volume of the book in which the case is found, the title of the book, the page number, and the year of the case.
The citations above are in the format prescribed by The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. In the format prescribed by the California Style Manual, they would look like:
Hutcherson v. Alexander (1968) 264 Cal.App.2d 126 [70 Cal.Rptr. 366].
United States v. Dionisio (1973) 410 U.S. 1.
Finding California court opinions online
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You can also find past court cases or opinions in law libraries. To find cases in print at your local county law library, you can use a number of tools. If you know the name of the case, you can locate a table of cases that will list the cases alphabetically and give you the book, volume, and page where the case is located. If you have the citation, you can simply find the correct set of books, pull the volume, and turn to the page.
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This standard is used when an appellant is arguing against the factual findings of a judge or jury after a trial. The Court of Appeal reviews the record and decides whether a reasonable fact-finder could have come to the same conclusion as the trial court. The Court of Appeal does not decide whether it would have reached the same factual conclusions as the judge or jury. This kind of appeal is difficult to win because it argues that the trial court did not consider or understand all the evidence, believed the wrong witnesses, or failed to properly weigh the evidence. The Court of Appeal will reject this kind of argument if there is any substantial evidence—contradicted or not—that supports the trial court’s finding of the facts.

 
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 How do I research and find legal authorities? You can research and find legal materials at a public law library. Look for books that are written about the area of law that the case involves. For example, search in the area of contract law if a case involves a possible breach of contract for work that was not done or work that was not done properly. A librarian can suggest books to read about different areas of law.
Books written about the law—also called “secondary sources”—will include cases previously decided in all areas. Based on the legal information gathered and the facts of the case, the appellant can make a list of the issues he or she wants to raise. These can be issues the appellant thinks hurt his or her case in superior court the most, or the issues that will help his or her case in the appeal.
 
 How do I cite legal authorities and other sources in a brief? For every event or fact about the case that you include in your brief, you must provide an exact location and page number where the court can find it in the record on appeal.
Here’s a list of places information can be found in the record on appeal:

Appellant’s appendix—AA
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