Court Opinion

ID: 9790180
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:48:34.601254+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:27.185923
License: Public Domain

SCHAUER, J.
I concur. The essential jurisdictional step in taking an appeal to the superior court is the filing of a notice of appeal within the time limited (rule 2, Criminal Appeals to the Superior Court*) but the record shall not be transmitted to the superior court unless and until it is settled as provided by the rules (rules 3 and 8, Criminal Appeals to the Superior Court*). The filing of the notice of appeal with the trial court within the time prescribed is jurisdictional and, even though the notice of appeal is filed in time, the appellant may lose his right to have the record transmitted to the higher court, but until the record is transmitted, the superior court ordinarily will be in no position to entertain and pass upon a motion to dismiss. There is no absolute time limit fixed for the perfecting and settlement of the record (rule 7, Criminal Appeals to the Superior Court*) and upon the showing before us it does not appear that the superior court had authority to dismiss the appeal; the trial court had denied the respondent’s motion to terminate the proceedings therein and that order is not subject to review in this proceeding. For a further discussion of the rules in question see People v. Carpenter (1939), 36 Cal.App. 2d Supp. 760 [93 P.2d 276].
Shenk, J., concurred.

 The rules governing criminal appeals to the superior court referred to above are those which were in force at the time this proceeding originated.