California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kuahuia, G051802 (Cal. App. 2017):
Defendant contends the trial court erred by denying his pretrial motion under section 995 to dismiss the gang enhancement allegation ( 186.22, subd. (b)) on counts 1 through 3 for lack of evidence. As a preliminary matter, the Attorney General argues that because defendant did not seek pretrial writ review ( 999a) of the trial court's denial of his motion, he has forfeited his appellate challenge. But the early review afforded under section 999a is not available when the defendant files a section 995 motion more than 60 days following his or her arraignment. ( 1510; People v. Crittenden (1994) 9 Cal.4th 83, 136, fn. 12 (Crittenden).) Here, 74 days passed.
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