If no legal cause is shown for such imprisonment or restraint, or for the continuation thereof, such Court or Judge must discharge such party from the custody or restraint under which he is held.
Cal. Penal Code § 1485
Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Rescue Army v. Municipal Court (1946)
Most recently applied in Stephen Redd v. Patricia Guerrero (October 2023)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.