A commissioner may conduct arraignment proceedings on a complaint if directed to perform those duties by the presiding judge of the court, including the issuance and signing of bench warrants.
Cal. Gov. Code § 72190.1
Other Officers
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 130 Cal. App. 4th 649 - Foosadas v. Superior Court (2005)
Most recently applied in People v. Berch (December 2018)
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 375
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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