{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1508","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1508","heading":"","body":"(a) A writ of habeas corpus issued by the Supreme Court or a judge thereof may be made returnable before the issuing judge or his court, before any court of appeal or judge thereof, or before any superior court or judge thereof.\n(b) A writ of habeas corpus issued by a court of appeal or a judge thereof may be made returnable before the issuing judge or his court or before any superior court or judge thereof located in that appellate district.\n(c) A writ of habeas corpus issued by a superior court or a judge thereof may be made returnable before the issuing judge or his court.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus [1473. - 1509.1.]"],"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":"e6bea7b8bec9a2ce0af9275f3f3e60801c4897b9b1799cfb0e062a04b201a7b8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1507","next":"us-ca/pen-1509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}