{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1255","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1255","heading":"","body":"The defendant need not personally appear in the appellate Court.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 9. APPEALS IN FELONY CASES [1235. - 1265.]","CHAPTER 3. Argument of the Appeal [1252. - 1256.]"],"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":"7df78cb071c014cffe2b032b7218235462f692d95c0f6ba95cbdd99627401687","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1254","next":"us-ca/pen-1256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}