Section 3070.
3070. The trial shall be by a jury, and conducted in all respects in the same manner as the trial of an indictment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3020.5.
3020.5. The Senate when sitting as the court of impeachment is a court of record. The officers of the Senate are the officers of the court. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 206.)
Section 3021.
3021. All impeachments shall be by resolution adopted, originated in, and conducted by managers elected by the Assembly. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3022.
3022. The managers shall prepare articles of impeachment, present them at the bar of the Senate, and prosecute them. The trial shall be before the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3023.
3023. When an officer is impeached by the Assembly for a misdemeanor in office, the articles of impeachment shall be delivered to the President of the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3024.
3024. The Senate shall assign a day for the hearing of the impeachment and inform the Assembly thereof. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3025.
3025. Not less than 10 days before the day fixed for the hearing, the President of the Senate shall have served on the defendant a copy of the articles of impeachment, with a notice to appear and answer the same at the time and place appointed. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3026.
3026. The service shall be made upon the defendant personally. If upon diligent inquiry he can not be found within the State, upon proof of that fact the Senate may order publication to be made, in such manner as it deems proper, of a notice requiring him to appear at a specified time and place […]
Section 3027.
3027. If the defendant does not appear, upon proof of service or publication the Senate may, of its own motion or for cause shown, assign another day for hearing the impeachment, or may proceed to trial and judgment in the absence of the defendant. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)
Section 3028.
3028. When the defendant appears, he may object in writing to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment, or he may answer the articles by an oral plea of not guilty. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)