Petitioner did not seek to have the Appellate Department certify their cases to the Court of Appeal pursuant to California Penal Code § 1471 and California Rules of Court 62 and 63. Accordingly, the decisions of the Appellate Department are not "[f]inal judgments . . . rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had . ..," 28 U.S.C. § 1257, and the petitions for writs of certiorari to their respective courts are dismissed for want of jurisdiction...
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