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Penal Code - PEN

PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]

  ( Part 2 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 9. APPEALS IN FELONY CASES [1235 - 1265]

  ( Heading of Title 9 amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 396. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Appeals, When Allowed and How Taken, and the Effect Thereof [1235 - 1246]
  ( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. )

  
1237.  

An appeal may be taken by the defendant from both of the following:

(a) Except as provided in Sections 1237.1, 1237.2, and 1237.5, from a final judgment of conviction. A sentence, an order granting probation, or the commitment of a defendant for insanity, the indeterminate commitment of a defendant as a mentally disordered sex offender, or the commitment of a defendant for controlled substance addiction shall be deemed to be a final judgment within the meaning of this section. Upon appeal from a final judgment the court may review any order denying a motion for a new trial.

(b) From any order made after judgment, affecting the substantial rights of the party.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 194, Sec. 1. (AB 249) Effective January 1, 2016.)