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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 3. Argument of the Appeal [1252 - 1256]
  ( Chapter 3 enacted 1872. )

  
1252.  

On an appeal in a criminal case, no continuance shall be granted upon stipulation of counsel, and no continuance shall be granted for any longer period than the ends of justice shall require. On an appeal by a defendant, the appellate court shall, in addition to the issues raised by the defendant, consider and pass upon all rulings of the trial court adverse to the State which it may be requested to pass upon by the Attorney General.

(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 40.)