{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1237.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1237.5","heading":"","body":"No appeal shall be taken by the defendant from a judgment of conviction upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or a revocation of probation following an admission of violation, except where both of the following are met:\n(a) The defendant has filed with the trial court a written statement, executed under oath or penalty of perjury showing reasonable constitutional, jurisdictional, or other grounds going to the legality of the proceedings.\n(b) The trial court has executed and filed a certificate of probable cause for such appeal with the clerk of the court.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 9. APPEALS IN FELONY CASES [1235. - 1265.]","CHAPTER 1. Appeals, When Allowed and How Taken, and the Effect Thereof [1235. - 1246.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f20d07472fe3d7ba9d72b25e9a12ff2e540e13fa444f0366f0272ba5dacc28f8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1237.2","next":"us-ca/pen-1238"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}